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Lucid Bots

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Lucid Bots builds autonomous exterior cleaning robots, including the Sherpa cleaning drone and Lavo Bot surface cleaning robot, for building facades, windows,…

Track Lucid Bots
Founded
2018
HQ
Charlotte, NC, USA
Status
private

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Lucid Bots: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $20.0M raised. 1 source back the record.

CategoryDrones

Funding

$20.0M

Models

1

Deployments

1

Employees

70

Overview

Lucid Bots builds autonomous exterior cleaning robots, including the Sherpa cleaning drone and Lavo Bot surface cleaning robot, for building facades, windows, and pressure washing applications. The Charlotte-based company operates an operator network that has generated over $75M in exterior cleaning revenue and was named the fastest-growing robotics manufacturer in the 2024 Inc.

5000. Lucid Bots is a Y combinator-backed company that raised a $20M Series B in late 2025.

Reality check

Sherpa Lavo fleet claims (primary The Robot Report / company)

The same report says Lucid grew deployments from 100 to nearly 700 units in less than five months, that nearly 1,000 robots are in active operator hands, and that systems and the operator network have generated more than $75 million in exterior cleaning revenue. New offerings listed: Sherpa spraying sealing/coating/paint with optional power tether (nearly $1 million in pre-orders per CEO Andrew Ashur) and Lavo AI ground-based power-washing robot. Manufacturing cited at a 25,000-sq-ft Charlotte facility. Treat revenue and fleet counts as company-stated (The Robot Report)

Verified record

Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Active incidents
None on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$160M (reported, approximate)as of Mar 2026

Priced roundSeries B post-money

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Key facts

CEO

Andrew Ashur

Funding totalsee investors →

$34M

Operator network revenue

$75M+

Series B and total funding (primary The Robot Report)

The Robot Report (Mar 25 2026) reported Lucid Bots raised an oversubscribed $20 million Series B co-led by Cubit Capital and Idea Fund Partners, with Taylor Rhodes, WaterStone Impact Fund, Front Porch Ventures, and existing investors, bringing total funding to $34 million. Charlotte, N.C.-based Lucid said proceeds support commercial ops, domestic manufacturing capacity, and Lucid Refresh RaaS rollout. Treat figures as company-stated via the report (The Robot Report)

Data & sources

News coverage

1

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Lucid Bots on the deployment map

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Relationships

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Current leadership (1)

Founders (1)

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Lucid Bots.

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Operator customers (1)

Recent coverage

Lucid Bots in third-party press

What Is the Best Commercial Cleaning Drone in 2026? Specs, Prices, and a Head-to-Head Comparison

Aug 17, 2026

Lucid Bots raises Series B funding as operator network hits $75M revenue

Mar 25, 2026

Window Hero to deploy Lucid Bots window cleaning drones

Jan 1, 2025

Peers

99 peers across 1 segment. Every Lucid Bots competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

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