The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies incubed IT: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Overview
Austrian developer of hardware-agnostic autonomous navigation and fleet management software for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Founded in 2011 by seven Graz University of Technology graduates from the RoboCup team, incubed IT built the Smart Shuttle Navigation Toolkit, Fleet Management Server, and Data Monitoring & Analytics suite — compliant with the VDA 5050 interface standard. Verizon acquired the company in February 2021 to integrate its AMR orchestration software with Verizon's 5G and edge compute platform.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Technology
Stage
Region/State
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Products
Standard
Employees (at acquisition)
Data & sources
News coverage
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company incubed IT has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- incubed IT x Verizon2021-05-25with Verizonoperating
- Verizon acquires incubed IT2021-02-15with Verizonoperating
incubed IT on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Stephan Gspandl CEO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
Former / Previously (2)
- Michael Reip Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Christoph Zehentner Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for incubed IT.
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
incubed IT in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- 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
4 total · 4 operating · 2 ended
Every company incubed IT has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- incubed IT x Verizon2021-05-25with Verizonoperating
- Verizon acquires incubed IT2021-02-15with Verizonoperating
All 4 partnerships
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- incubed-it x awswithAWS976technology—operating
- incubed IT x VerizonwithVerizoninvestment2021-05-25concludedoperating
- Verizon acquires incubed ITwithVerizoninvestment2021-02-15concludedoperating
Timeline
Every recorded move in incubed IT’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Partnershipincubed IT x Verizon
2021-05-25Verizon entered into an agreement to acquire incubed IT the creator of a software platform providing autonomous navigation tools for mobile robots. The acquisition combined incubed IT capabilities with Verizon 5G platform to enable enterprise robotic automation at scale.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-01
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-01
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for incubed IT.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning incubed IT from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Verizon Forms Robotics Business Technology Business Unit - The Robot Report
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NetIX hits 1Tbps of peak traffic - Total Telecom
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Verizon shutting down Skyward drone management company - The Robot Report
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3 ways autonomous mobile robots can impact business - Verizon
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Autonomous Mobile Robots: Helping humans move global enterprises forward - Verizon
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Gründer der Woche: Von der TU Graz zur Verizon-Übernahme
Profile of incubed IT's seven founders, all TU Graz graduates from the RoboCup team, who built the company from 2011 to a 32-employee software specialist in mobile robotics. The…
Verizon acquires AMR software firm Incubed IT
Telecommunications company Verizon acquired autonomous mobile robot (AMR) software company Incubed IT to expand its robotic capabilities. incubed IT's software can be integrated…
Verizon to acquire autonomous navigation company incubed IT
Verizon's acquisition of incubed IT was driven by the goal of integrating the company's autonomous navigation software with Verizon's 5G platform to power robotic automation at…
Verizon enters into an agreement to acquire incubed IT - Verizon
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Verizon enters into an agreement to acquire incubed IT
Verizon announced a definitive agreement to acquire Austrian-based incubed IT, creator of a software platform providing autonomous navigation tools to administer, manage, and…
Verizon acquiring mobile robot software provider incubed IT
Verizon is acquiring incubed IT, an Austria-based startup developing autonomous navigation and fleet management software for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Founded in 2011,…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/incubed-it.md
- RSS feed: /companies/incubed-it/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/efe0d433-2101-47f7-b31b-61e571849c04
- Revision history: /companies/incubed-it/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
Video
The leading software for autonomous mobile robots combined with a fleet management server and customizeable business processes. https://www.incubedit.com/
Heat Index
Serious56/100
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
incubed IT draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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 2, 2026