Company
HIVE
Physical AI startup building a 'silicon brain' that retrofits existing industrial vehicles with sensors and AI to enable autonomous operation.
- HQ
- London, UK
- Status
- private
Models
1
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
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Funding
$15M pre-Series A (July 2026), led by SuperSeed
Product
Silicon Brain — sensor + AI retrofit kit for industrial machines; remote-supervised autonomous wheel loaders deployed in Norway.
HQ
London, UK (offices also in Norway)
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →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 →
Recent coverage
HIVE in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Funding rounds (1)
- Pre-Series A2026-07-08
$15M(reported)
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is HIVE?
- 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.
- What does HIVE make?
- HIVE has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: HIVE Silicon Brain (HIVE builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Is HIVE publicly traded?
- No. HIVE is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with HIVE?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to HIVE building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, Robotphoenix, Lightwheel.
- How can I invest in HIVE?
- HIVE is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.
- Where is HIVE headquartered?
- HIVE is headquartered in London, UK.
- Who owns HIVE?
- HIVE is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
- Where does HIVE operate robots?
- HIVE 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.
- Is HIVE a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, HIVE ranks in roughly the top 13% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is HIVE safe?
- HIVE has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-14
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-14
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
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning HIVE from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
HIVE Raises $15M Seed, Bringing a Silicon Brain to Autonomous Industrial Machines
One of Europe's largest seed investments in Physical AI to build a silicon brain that makes industrial machines autonomous and productivity limitless. Hive A new era of work.…
HIVE brings in $15M to build physical AI for industrial machines
HIVE has deployed its technology across several sites in Scandinavia, operating autonomously across different machines. The post HIVE brings in $15M to build physical AI for…
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
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 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
Reality vs attention
HIVE draws attention at the 86th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
Analysis
Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to 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: Jul 15, 2026