The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Marble: 1 model, $30.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategorySidewalk delivery
Overview
Marble was a San Francisco sidewalk delivery robot startup that partnered with Yelp Eat24 for food delivery in 2017. One of the first companies to apply for a sidewalk delivery permit in SF. Now defunct — operations ceased, but historically significant as an early sidewalk delivery pioneer.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
News coverage
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Marble on the deployment map
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Current leadership (2)
- Mathieu Johnsson CEOsecondary-verified
- Matt Delaney CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Matt Delaneysole
Safety record
No incidents on record for Marble.
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
Marble in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Marble competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $30.0M
- 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.
Funding rounds (3)
Marble’s 3 disclosed rounds, $30M in total, oldest to newest.
- Funding
$10M(reported)
- Funding
$10M(reported)
- Funding
$10M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Marble.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Marble from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Thousands protest Kennedy Center closure amid fears Trump set to demolish institution
<p>Demonstrators gather after president spotted holding placard that read: ‘Kennedy Center DEMOLIS ...’</p><p>On Friday evening thousands of protesters gathered outside the…
Gem-Pack Berries promotes Marcia Marble to Assistant Vice President of Retail
Gem-Pack Berries is proud to announce the promotion of Marcia Marble to Assistant Vice President of Retail Sales. The post Gem-Pack Berries promotes Marcia Marble to Assistant…
Italian CNC Robot Carves Full-Size Marble Tyche Statue - Mjengo Hub
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Disney Is Now Using A New Robot At Its Theme Parks For Three Big Reasons - bgr.com
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Disney’s new robot carves marble statues for its parks. - The Verge
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Robot Meets Rock: How Disney Built a Marble Grumpy Statue Using a Robotic Arm - WDWMagic
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Inside Ibiza's superclubs providing innovative experiences - Olive Press News Spain
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Glimpse of Pietrasanta, center for marble sculpture processing in Italy - Global Times
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Going clubbing in Ibiza this summer? Then you're going to be in a giant art gallery - Creative Boom
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The Sequence Knowledge #829: World Models and Physical AI - TheSequence | Jesus Rodriguez
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Simulate Robotic Environments Faster with NVIDIA Isaac Sim and World Labs Marble | NVIDIA Technical Blog - NVIDIA Developer
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Big Blue Marble selects 3SS and SEI Robotics for TV-as-a-Service platform - Broadband TV News
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/marble.md
- RSS feed: /companies/marble/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fd003f6e-e58b-4ce5-bc82-bfb46c67d477
- Revision history: /companies/marble/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
Video
A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It’s a move some artists see as cheating, but others are embracing the change. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in h
A robot replicates ancient Greek Elgin Marbles. It’s thought that the highly accurate copies like the Selene Horse could one day persuade the British Museum to
#marblerun #ブロックコースター #マーブルラン レゴデュプロと互換性のあるブロックを使って、マーブルランレースのコースを作っています。 I am making a Marble Run race course using blocks compatible with LEGO Duplo. SUBSCRI
Sliding towards a Final Design *weeeee* ••• As we’re getting closer to the end of this project, it’s time to start putting all the different sub-projects togeth
An evolving boss robot hunts down national flag marbles in a brutal survival arena. Two teams of flag marbles must escape, fight back, and survive while facing
A robotic Renaissance. Monumental Labs is using AI-powered robots to carve stunning marble sculptures, blending fine art traditions with cutting-edge technolog
MONUMENTAL LABS STONE CARVING CNC ARMS https://www.instagram.com/monumental_labs/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTB9OdIRxw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3
Timelapse of the robotic milling of the sculpture "Untitled 50069744." Shot at 4500x speed. This piece is part of "The Digital Touch," a research project by Jo
For centuries, the town of Carrara's prosperity has depended on artists. Its famed Tuscan marble quarries supplied artists like Michelangelo, Canova and Bernini
it's name is Stalin get it, cause it's made of steel music: sweden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBkTkxKDduc
Vex marble machine that separates 2 different types of marbles
The statue of Nike of Samothrace was made by F.H.L.I. Kiriakidis Marbles-Granites with a KUKA robot programmed with the SprutCAM X Robot software. F.H.L.I. Kiri
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Marble draws attention at the 80th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 85.8M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Sep 23, 2026