# Kudan: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `4490fa30-0993-4e4c-bd55-318a80a3a3f9`

## Key facts

- **Headquarters:** Bristol, UK
- **Founded:** 2011
- **Status:** private
- **Type:** brain

- **Slug:** kudan
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2011
- **HQ:** Bristol, UK

## Models

_No models registered._

## Partnerships (1)

- [Movel AI x Kudan](/partnerships/movel-ai-x-kudan.md) with Movel AI _technology_ (_reported, not operationally 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 Kudan?

Deep-tech SLAM and visual-inertial odometry company providing high-precision localization algorithms for [Humanoid](/companies/humanoid-ai) and mobile robots.

### What does Kudan make?

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

### Is Kudan publicly traded?

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

### How can I invest in Kudan?

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

### Where is Kudan headquartered?

Kudan is headquartered in Bristol, UK.

### Who owns Kudan?

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

### Is Kudan a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Kudan ranks in roughly the top 54% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Kudan founded?

Kudan was founded in 2011.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.kudan.com

## 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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