The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies GrayMatter Robotics: 1 model, 4 deployments across 2 regions, $69.1M raised. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Overview
Graymatter Robotics is a Carson, California-based AI robotics company that builds smart robotic cells for high-mix surface finishing — sanding, polishing, buffing, grinding, and coating — using its proprietary GMR-AI platform to enable industrial robots to self-program and adapt to any part geometry. Founded in 2020 by USC Viterbi roboticists, the company offers its ScanAndSand system through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model to aerospace, defense, marine, specialty vehicle, and general manufacturing customers across North America.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
CEO
CTO
Chief Scientist
Business model
Patents
Surface area processed
Headquarters
Series B lead
AFWERX Phase II
Awards
Hero image candidate
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →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 map4 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where GrayMatter Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full GrayMatter Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Ariyan Kabir CEO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Brual Shah CTO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Satyandra K. Gupta Chief Scientist & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Satyandra K. Guptacofounderno longer at company
previously at GrayMatter Robotics
- Ariyan Kabircofounderno longer at company
previously at GrayMatter Robotics
- Brual Shahcofounderno longer at company
previously at GrayMatter Robotics
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 Robotics4 deployments
Recent coverage
GrayMatter Robotics in third-party press
GrayMatter Robotics Named Finalist in DoD Challenge to Revolutionize Military Readiness With AI
GrayMatter Robotics Awarded AFWERX Phase II Contract to Develop AI-Powered Robotic System for Canopy Sanding
GrayMatter Robotics Awarded AFWERX Direct-to-Phase II SBIR Contract for Advanced Robotic Finishing System
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every GrayMatter Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BD Rowadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- EFORT Intelligent Equipmentdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $69.1M
- Employees
- 60
- Reporting period
- 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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 B2024-06-01
$45M(reported) · $360M post
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 · $120M post
Investors: Bow Capital (lead), B Capital, Calibrate Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Stage Venture Partners, 3M Ventures, Swift Ventures
- Seed2021-09-29
$4M · $16M post
Investors: Stage Venture Partners (co_lead), Pathbreaker Ventures, B Capital, Calibrate Ventures (co_lead), 3M Ventures, OCA Ventures
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 createdAug 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2024
ScanAndSand at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2024
ScanAndSand at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 16, 2022
ScanAndSand at North America
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 29, 2021
ScanAndSand at United States
Sources (4)
- https://www.therobotreport.com/graymatter-robotics-raises-45m-series-b-ease-programming-manufacturers/
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/graymatter-robotics-raises-20m-series-a-to-fuel-continued-growth-and-expansion-301606236.html
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/graymatter-robotics-unveils-100-000-square-foot-ai-robotics-innovation-center-in-carson-302592147.html
- https://factory.graymatter-robotics.com/press/
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for GrayMatter Robotics.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning GrayMatter Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
GrayMatter Robotics Named Finalist in DoD Challenge to Revolutionize Military Readiness With AI
GrayMatter selected as one of five finalists in the DoD challenge for AI-powered robotic maintenance, repair, and overhaul capabilities.
GrayMatter Robotics Awarded AFWERX Phase II Contract to Develop AI-Powered Robotic System for Canopy Sanding
GrayMatter Robotics was awarded an AFWERX SBIR Phase II contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop an autonomous robotic system for precision sanding of aircraft canopies,…
GrayMatter Robotics Awarded AFWERX Direct-to-Phase II SBIR Contract for Advanced Robotic Finishing System
GrayMatter received an AFWERX Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract to develop an advanced AI-powered robotic finishing system for defense applications.
GrayMatter raises $45M Series B to ease robot programming for manufacturers
GrayMatter Robotics raised $45M in Series B funding led by Wellington Management, with participation from NGP Capital, Euclidean Capital, Advance Venture Partners, SQN Venture…
GrayMatter Robotics Raises $20M Series A to Fuel Continued Growth and Expansion
GrayMatter Robotics raised a $20M Series A led by Bow Capital, with existing investors B Capital Group, Calibrate Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Stage Venture…
GrayMatter Robotics Raises $20M Series A
dot.la covers GrayMatter's $20M Series A led by Bow Capital, noting the company has raised ~$24M total following the round.
GrayMatter Robotics Raises .1M Seed Round
GrayMatter Robotics raised a .1M Seed round co-led by Stage Venture Partners and Calibrate Ventures, with participation from 3M Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, and B…
GrayMatter Robotics Wins the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition
GrayMatter Robotics, founded by USC Viterbi roboticists Ariyan Kabir, Brual Shah, and Prof. SK Gupta, won the $50,000 grand prize at the 10th annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize…
Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/graymatter-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ac08131b-376d-4fd8-a204-7563b2db60c9
- Revision history: /companies/graymatter-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
Video
At GrayMatter Robotics, we believe that turkey roasting is a robot matter. We wish you a joyful and delicious Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! #
Heat Index
Category contender79/100
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 56th percentile but verifies reality at the 58th percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap -2.4, 37th widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited 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 4, 2026