Company
GrayMatter Robotics
Surface-finishing robotic automation company.
- Founded
- 2020
- HQ
- USA
- Status
- Private
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies GrayMatter Robotics: 2 models, 5 deployments across 3 regions, $69.0M raised. 6 sources back the record.
CategoryIndustrial Robots
Overview
Surface-finishing robotic automation company. Product: Scan&Sand — automates sanding, polishing, buffing, finishing, cleaning. Deployed at multiple manufacturing customer sites with 95% rework reduction and 30-50% throughput improvement. $69M total raised (Series B, NGP Capital, B capital, Wellington Management). Physics-informed robotic finishing systems. Accepting 2026 deployment reservations.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 5 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
Total Fundingsee investors →
Results
Status
Data & sources
Patent documents
4
Web sources
2
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
ScanAndSand
AI-powered robotic workcell for autonomous sanding of high-mix surface finishing tasks in manufacturing.
Current platform
Scan&Sand
Scan&Sand is a robot from GrayMatter Robotics, currently commercially available. It is a robotic system designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Manufacturer: GrayMatter Robotics, Type: Robot, Maturity: Commercially available, Deployments: 1 location.
Partnerships
Every company GrayMatter Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 13M Ventures1× joint
- 2AFWERX (U.S. Air Force)1× joint
Most recent
- with AFWERX (U.S. Air Force)operating
- with 3M Venturesoperating
GrayMatter Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map5 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where GrayMatter Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalScanAndSand at United States →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalScanAndSand at United States →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalScan&Sand at Torrance, CA →West Coast · verified Jun 2024
- operationalScanAndSand at North America →verified Aug 2022
- operationalScanAndSand at United States →United States · verified Sep 2021
View the full GrayMatter Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Ariyan Kabir Co-Founder, Co-Founder & CEOIR-verified
- Brual Shah Co-Founder & CTO, CTO & Co-founderIR-verified
- Satyandra K. Gupta Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Chief Scientist & Co-founderIR-verified
Founders (6)
- Ariyan Kabircofounder
- Brual Shahcofounder
- Satyandra K. Guptacofounder
- Satyandra K. Guptacofounderno longer at company
- Ariyan Kabircofounderno longer at company
- Brual Shahcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for GrayMatter Robotics.
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)
- GrayMatter Robotics5 deployments
Recent coverage
GrayMatter Robotics in third-party press
Peers
219 peers across 2 segments. Every GrayMatter Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
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- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
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- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
industrial robot(75)
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- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
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- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
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Mentioned on (5)
Registry pages whose text names GrayMatter Robotics.
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (1)
People (3)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $69.0M
- Employees
- 60
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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
2 total · 2 operating
Every company GrayMatter Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with AFWERX (U.S. Air Force)operating
- with 3M Venturesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 13M Ventures1× joint
- 2AFWERX (U.S. Air Force)1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- GrayMatter Robotics x AFWERX (Canopy Sanding)withAFWERX (U.S. Air Force)development2026-01-15operating
- GrayMatter Robotics x 3M (Abrasives Strategic Partnership)with3M Venturestechnology2021-09-29operating
Funding rounds (3)
GrayMatter Robotics’s 3 disclosed rounds, $69M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2024-06-20
$45M(reported)
Investors: Wellington Management (lead), NGP Capital, Euclidean Capital, Advance Venture Partners, SQN Venture Partners, 3M Ventures, B Capital, Bow Capital, Calibrate Ventures, OCA Ventures, Swift Ventures
- Series A2022-08-16
$20M
Investors: Bow Capital (lead), B Capital, Calibrate Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Stage Venture Partners, 3M Ventures, Swift Ventures
- Seed2021-09-29
$4M
Investors: Stage Venture Partners (co_lead), Pathbreaker Ventures, B Capital, Calibrate Ventures (co_lead), 3M Ventures, OCA Ventures
Patent estate (4)
- US11584005B2usptograntedgranted 2023-02-21assignee
- US11820017B1usptograntedgranted 2023-11-21assignee
- US20250033205A1usptopendingassignee
- US20200171620A1usptopendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in GrayMatter Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipGrayMatter Robotics x AFWERX (Canopy Sanding)
2026-01-15GrayMatter Robotics was awarded an AFWERX SBIR Phase II contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop an autonomous robotic system for precision sanding of aircraft canopies, extending its GMR-AI surface finishing technology to aerospace maintenance operations.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2024-06-01Series B raising $45000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2022-08-16Series A raising $20000000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2021-09-29Seed raising $4100000
PartnershipGrayMatter Robotics x 3M (Abrasives Strategic Partnership)
2021-09-293M Ventures has invested in GrayMatter Robotics across multiple rounds (Seed, Series A, Series B). The strategic partnership supports 3M's efforts to drive growth of automated abrasive processing systems, combining 3M's abrasive materials expertise with GrayMatter's AI-powered robotic surface finishing platform.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2024
ScanAndSand at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2024
ScanAndSand at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Scan&Sand at Torrance, CA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 16, 2022
ScanAndSand at North America
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for GrayMatter Robotics.Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning GrayMatter Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/gray-matter.md
- RSS feed: /companies/gray-matter/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5bc167d4-db31-4145-b115-5f10be736710
- Revision history: /companies/gray-matter/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
GrayMatter Robotics draws attention at the 96th percentile but verifies reality at the 76th percentile among industrial_robot robots. Hype Gap +19.9, 15th widest among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 5 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
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 21, 2026