The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies HIVE: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $15.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Physical AI startup building a 'silicon Brain' that retrofits existing industrial vehicles with sensors and AI to enable autonomous operation. Deployed across Scandinavia with US expansion underway.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundPre-Series A post-money
Key facts
Investors (reported, Jul 2026)
Silicon Brain
Norway deployment (reported)
CEO (reported)
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →HIVE on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where HIVE's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full HIVE deployment record →
Relationships
Founders (1)
- Ayman Sawafcofounderno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Ayman Sawaf Founder
Safety record
No incidents on record for HIVE.
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)
- HIVE2 deployments
Recent coverage
HIVE in third-party press
Peer companies
- Blackswan Space3 models
- CarbonSix2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
- General Intuition2 models
- Genesis AI2 models
Mentioned on (5)
Registry pages whose text names HIVE.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (2)
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $15.0M
- 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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Pre-Series A2026-07-08
$15M(reported) · $90M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in HIVE’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPre-Series A funding round
2026-07-08Pre-Series A raising $15000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 14, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
HIVE Silicon Brain at United Kingdom, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
HIVE Silicon Brain at United States (multiple hotel chains)
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
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for HIVE.Peer companies
- Blackswan Space3 models
- CarbonSix2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
- General Intuition2 models
- Genesis AI2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning HIVE from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Why Factory Data Never Reaches AI
Manufacturers have spent ten to twenty years installing sensors and connecting machines. The data flows, but it rarely reaches AI. At the Industrial AI Summit 2026, Jonathan…
APOD: 2026 October 9 – Stickney Crater
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A Daily Pill for Chronic Hives Just Got a Major Expansion
University of Birmingham opens Stuart Hall digital archive with thousands of rare writings and recordings
Newly accessible research collection includes 950 note cards, 56 notebooks, historical audio and video, alongside digital projects and protections against AI scraping IN BRIEFKEY…
APOD: 2026 October 8 – The Saturn System Smörgåsbord
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Camerata Pacifica Launches on Spotify and Apple Music
Camerata Pacifica is launching channels on Spotify and Apple Music,making selections from its extensive archive of recorded performances available on the two The post Camerata…
Hive MLS agents will soon be able to see buyer demand before a listing hits
Rollout starts in December for nearly 20,000 brokers and appraisers across 6 Southeastern states
APOD: 2026 October 7 – Supernova Remnant Pa 30
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Young Students Tap UCSB Archive to Reflect on Century-old Fiesta Celebration
Exhibition on view at Casa de la Guerra through Oct. 25. The post Young Students Tap UCSB Archive to Reflect on Century-old Fiesta Celebration appeared first on The Santa Barbara…
Labor as a Cloud Service: One Operator, 100 Machines | Christoffer Jørgenvåg, Hive
Christoffer Jørgenvåg is the co-founder and CEO of Hive , which builds what it calls a silicon brain for industrial machines: a sensor kit and an AI model installed on the wheel…
NetApp aims to make legacy data AI-ready without a rebuild
Enterprises sitting on decades of legacy information face a pressing question as artificial intelligence moves from pilots to production: Can that archive become AI-ready data…
Roman Rossfeld-edited study of Swiss growth debates wins 2026 Swiss Economic Archives Research Prize
The 480-page German-language volume “Mehr!” traces economic growth and criticism of growth in Switzerland since 1945 through 15 essays by 14 authors. IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs The…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/hive.md
- RSS feed: /companies/hive/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/f997b0cc-318f-4937-af1b-383c761df318
- Revision history: /companies/hive/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Blackswan Space3 models
- CarbonSix2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
- General Intuition2 models
- Genesis AI2 models
Video
Bot-Hive's Yas takes a look at at Autonomous Mobile Robots and answers some common questions including what exactly they are, how they compare to AGVs & how muc
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
HIVE draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the 30th percentile among brain robots. Hype Gap +63.1, 1st widest among brain robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. 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 11, 2026