# Haystack Robotics: service robotics company

Canonical ID: `9590d76c-d78d-4bcb-8f96-fc59ce8fcbf6`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** [Mahadev Eakambaram](/people/mahadev-eakambaram.md)
- **CCO:** [Chris Ulum](/people/chris-ulum.md)
- **Product generation:** Violet Gen4
- **Website:** [haystackrobotics.com](https://haystackrobotics.com)
- **Target pathogens:** MRSA, C. diff, C. auris, VRE, CRE, P. aeruginosa
- **Room disinfection time:** ~15 minutes per hospital room

- **Slug:** haystack-robotics
- **HQ:** Portland, OR, USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 3950000

## Models

- [Violet AI](/models/haystack-violet-ai.md) (service) (id: `11ea333f-fb4c-446b-b106-624e97ec81bd`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Mahadev Eakambaram](/people/mahadev-eakambaram.md) CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Chris Ulum](/people/chris-ulum.md) CCO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Haystack Robotics?

Portland-based startup developing autonomous [UV disinfection](https://haystackrobotics.com) robots for healthcare and hospitality environments. Its flagship product [Violet AI](/models/violet-ai) is a self-driving UV-C light robot that is 99.99% effective at reducing bacteria, viruses, and spores including MRSA, C. diff, and C. auris, completing hospital room disinfection in as little as 15 minutes with no pre-mapping required.

### What does Haystack Robotics make?

Haystack Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Violet AI (Haystack Robotics builds physical robots).

### Where is Haystack Robotics headquartered?

Haystack Robotics is headquartered in Portland, OR, USA.

### How much funding has Haystack Robotics raised?

Haystack Robotics has raised approximately $4M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Haystack Robotics operate robots?

Haystack Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.


## Sources (1)

1. https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPaW9qSE5oVGxUUDJibVVvVWNDWkozSFRoaEZHTElzMGpQaFYyZkduR3RYVF9iUnlqVm51ZnVvT3k0dExLVXZiTTVOUDFjMWNnWk91bFYzU2hZbWsxcWZZVWcxUXhpMkVieUFxNzNKVXNKRjhoV3BlTFZzaHpFWV94Rnc3QV9RTmdScldUM1dvc2dtVWMyUU5XNFB1UDg?oc=5

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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