The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies GITAI: 2 models, 1 deployment across 1 region, $62.6M raised. 1 source back the record.
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Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B Extension 2 post-money
Key facts
Product
Founded
Founder/CEO
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Contracts
Goal
CEO
Business areas
Inchworm robot TRL 6
Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
GITAI Lunar Rover
GITAI's lunar rover with an inchworm-type robotic arm system, environmentally tested (regolith exposure, thermal vacuum, vibration, radiation) to Technology Readiness Level 6 for operations in the extreme conditions of the lunar South Pole.
Current platform
GITAI S2 Autonomous Arm
1.5 m autonomous dual-arm system for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM). It is a robotic system designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Product: Autonomous robotic arms and rovers for space construction, satellite servicing, lunar/Mars infrastructure, Founded: 2016, Japan; HQ relocated to Torrance, California in late 2023, Founder/CEO: Sho Nakanose — former IBM, Singularity University GSP alum, CRO: Yuto Nakanishi — former SCHAFT founder/CEO (sold to Google 2013), Funding: Seed (Skyland Ventures 2016); Series A (ANRI, 500 Startups 2017); $4.1M (2019); $17.1M Series B (2021); $30M Series B Extension (2023); $15.5M Extension 2 (2024, Maezawa fund); total ~$83M, Contracts: NASA research contract (lunar tower construction); DARPA award (lunar architecture study); SpaceX demo missions (2025), Goal: Reduce space labor costs by 100x, CEO: Sho Nakanose, Business areas: on-orbit services, lunar infrastructure construction, Inchworm robot TRL 6: achieved 2025.
Partnerships
Every company GITAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency1× joint1 total
Most recent
- GITAI x JAXA2025-01-01with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agencyoperating
GITAI on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Feb 2024. Explore where GITAI's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Yuto Nakanishi Chief Robotics Officersecondary-verified
- Toyotaka Kozuki Chief Technology Officersecondary-verified
- Ryouhei Ueda VP of Softwaresecondary-verified
- Sho Nakanose Founder and CEOsince 2016-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Sho Nakanosesolefounded 2016-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for GITAI.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- GITAI1 deployment
Recent coverage
GITAI in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every GITAI competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names GITAI.
People (4)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $62.6M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company GITAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- GITAI x JAXA2025-01-01with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agencyoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (3)
GITAI’s 3 disclosed rounds, $63M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B Extension 22024-11-01
$16M(reported) · $124M post
Investors: Yusaku Maezawa's venture fund (lead)
- Series B Extension2023-05-24
$30M · $240M post
Investors: Aramco Ventures (lead), KDDI Corporation, ANA Holdings
- Series B2021-02-28
$17M · $137M post
Investors: Sony Innovation Fund (lead), SMBC Venture Capital, Industrial Growth Platform
Timeline
Every recorded move in GITAI’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipGITAI x JAXA
2025-01-01GITAI (via its Japanese subsidiary) was awarded a JAXA contract in 2025 to conduct a concept study for a robotic arm system for a crewed pressurized lunar rover, applying GITAI's space-robotic-arm technology to Japan's lunar exploration program.
Funding roundSeries B Extension 2 funding round
2024-11-01Series B Extension 2 raising $15500000
Funding roundSeries B Extension funding round
2023-05-24Series B Extension raising $30000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2023-05-24Series B raising $30000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2021-02-28Series B raising $17100000
Key hireSho Nakanose joins as Founder and CEO
2016-01-01Sho Nakanose appointed Founder and CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
GITAI S2 autonomous arm ISS demonstration
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 1, 2024
GITAI S2 Autonomous Arm at International Space Station
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-11
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-11
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for GITAI.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning GITAI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
GITAI Announces Selection for NASA SBIR
GITAI was selected for NASA SBIR and awarded the DARPA 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study contract.
GITAI Completes Fully Successful Technology Demonstration Outside the ISS
GITAI completed a technology demonstration outside the ISS, validating its robotic arm capabilities for on-orbit services.
GITAI gets funds to develop in-orbit robotic servicer
Space robotics specialist GITAI raised 5.5M in venture capital to expand into the in-orbit servicing market.
Japan's GITAI raises 9 million for space robotics business
GITAI raised 0M in a Series B round to expand US operations and develop on-orbit services and lunar infrastructure.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/gitai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/gitai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/54c86db6-4e45-4b1d-93f8-7df1fd651146
- Revision history: /companies/gitai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Video
We are hiring! Please check available positions: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gitai/jobs/ GITAI has developed the advanced lunar robotic rover “R1” that c
GITAI successfully demonstrated its robotics technology for constructing a 5-meter-high communication tower in an environment simulating the lunar surface. The
GITAI achieved a successful demonstration of its advanced robotics technology designed for space construction, showcasing the assembly of a 5-meter-tall communi
GITAI developed the GITAI IN1 (Inchworm One), an inchworm-type robotic arm equipped with "grapple end-effectors" on both ends of the arm. This unique feature in
Ground demonstration of In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing executed by GITAI's 1.5m-long autonomous dual robotic arm system, in preparation for an
Delve into how GITAI's Inchworm robots reshape lunar exploration, particularly through their essential role in the LunA-10 project for permanent Moon habitats.
GITAI Conducts Successful Demonstration of ISAM Activities in Simulated Space Environment
GITAI has achieved a significant milestone with the successful demonstration of a GITAI inchworm-type robotic arm equipped with a tool changer function and a GI
#gitai #lunar_rover #moon GITAI has developed the advanced lunar robotic rover “R1” that can perform general-purpose tasks on the moon such as exploration, mi
The S3 mission is designed to demonstrate key technologies required for future on-orbit servicing missions. On-orbit servicing represents one of the core servic
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Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
GITAI draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the 7th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +16.5, 16th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 19, 2026