Hume AI: robot AI company

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Regional ecosystem

Hume AI is one of 85 verified robotics companies in New York →

Key facts

Headquarters

New York, NY, USA

Founded

2021

Status

private

Type

brain

Data & sources

Press releases

1

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Partnerships

Every company Hume AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

3 total3 operating

Most-frequent partners

1AWS1× joint976 total
2Niantic Spatial1× joint
3NVIDIA1× joint1110 total

Most recent

Relationships

AAWSTechnology partner NNVIDIATechnology partnerNNiantic SpatialCo-developer

Current leadership (1)

Alan Cowen CEO & Founder

Founders (1)

Alan Cowen

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Hume AI.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

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Recent coverage

Hume AI in third-party press

Pre-Market Surges More Than 9%: IREN Secures $2.8 Billion AI Contract, Microsoft and Nvidia Lead Elite Customer Lineup - TradingKey

Jul 20, 2026

IREN Signs $2.8 Billion In AI Cloud Contracts And Raises 2026 ARR Target To Over $4 Billion - Pulse 2.0

Jul 20, 2026

The most innovative artificial intelligence companies of 2026 - Fast Company

Mar 24, 2026

Financial state

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

3 total · 3 operating

Every company Hume AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

Most recent

Most-frequent partners

1AWS1× joint976 total
2Niantic Spatial1× joint
3NVIDIA1× joint1110 total

All 3 partnerships

open in the atlas →

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hume-ai x nvidia
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Hume AI x Niantic Spatial
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operating

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (1)

https://www.hume.ai

Common questions

What is Hume AI?

Emotion AI company building empathic voice interfaces and expression measurement for Humanoid robots to perceive and respond to human emotions.

What does Hume AI make?

Hume AI has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Hume AI builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

Is Hume AI publicly traded?

No. Hume AI is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who is the CEO of Hume AI?

Alan Cowen is the ceo of Hume AI, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Hume AI?

Hume AI is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

Where is Hume AI headquartered?

Hume AI is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

Who owns Hume AI?

Hume AI is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Is Hume AI a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Hume AI ranks in roughly the top 44% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Hume AI founded?

Hume AI was founded in 2021.

Is Hume AI safe?

Hume AI 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 · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Sources by quality tier

1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

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Heat Index

Serious

56/100

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

Not enough verified signal yet to place Hume AI against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 44% of category

vs funding peers-27.2 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

15.05.0LOW

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

15.215.2HIGH

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

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Last computed: Sep 25, 2026

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