The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Multiply Labs: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $20.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
San Francisco-based robotics company building automated manufacturing systems for individualized drug and cell-therapy production. Founded in 2016 by Fred Parietti, Multiply Labs raised 0M in Series A funding led by Casdin Capital to pioneer robotic manufacturing of individualized drugs, cutting costs and enabling personalized medicine at scale.
Reality check
Series B (company-claimed)
A $75 million Series B led by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong with NantWorks, announced Oct 6 2026, bringing total raised to over $100 million.
Origins (company-claimed)
Founded in 2016 as a Y Combinator startup; now calls itself a physical AI company automating biologics manufacturing.
Investors (company-claimed)
Oct 2026: New: AstraZeneca, Lingotto, Teradyne, Strange Ventures. Returning: Series A lead Casdin Capital, Lux Capital, Fifty Years, Ora Global, Founders Fund.
Board (company-claimed)
Oct 2026: Lingotto's Dr. Ileana Pirozzi joined the board.
Deployment model (company-claimed)
Robotic clusters plug into existing GMP processes and are owned and operated by the pharma customer. Customers are not named.
Performance (company-claimed)
A 74% reduction in cost per dose and up to 100 times the throughput of manual manufacturing.
Expansion (company-claimed)
Oct 2026: Expanding from cell and gene therapy to antibodies, viral vectors and mRNA.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Focus
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Multiply Labs has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Sancho Robotics1× joint1 total
Most recent
- with Sancho Roboticsoperating
Multiply Labs on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Apr 2026. Explore where Multiply Labs's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Multiply Labs deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Fred Parietti Co-Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Fred Parietticofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Multiply Labs.
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
Multiply Labs in third-party press
Startup Funding News Today, October 7, 2026: Nous Research, Monid, Multiply Labs, Quanfluence & More
Multiply Labs raises $75M to optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing with robots
Multiply Labs Announces 0 Million Series A to Pioneer Robotic Manufacturing of Individualized Drugs
Peers
96 peers across 2 segments. Every Multiply Labs competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ASUSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allonicdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
cobot(21)
19 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2089.586283779087) · leader Doosan Robotics at 2849%
- AUBO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agile Robotsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Collaborative Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- DENSO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Dobotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Doosan Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (5)
Registry pages whose text names Multiply Labs.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (2)
Sancho General-Purpose Robot at San Francisco, California, USA, Sancho General-Purpose Robot at Palo Alto, California, USA
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $20.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Multiply Labs has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Sancho Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Sancho Robotics1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2021-04-14
$20M(reported) · $120M post
Investors: Casdin Capital (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Multiply Labs’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipSancho Robotics x Multiply Labs biomanufacturing automation
2026-03-01Sancho Robotics collaborates with Multiply Labs to automate the loading, unloading, and machine-interaction steps around Multiply Labs' biomanufacturing robots in advanced therapy manufacturing. The demo was featured in the opening of NVIDIA's 2026 GTC keynote.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-04-14Series A raising $20000000
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 (4)
- https://www.multiplylabs.com/
- https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/multiply-labs-raises-75-million-series-b-close-gap-between-drug-discovery · 2026-10-06
- https://www.finsmes.com/2026/10/multiply-labs-raises-usd75m-in-series-b-funding.html · 2026-10-06
- https://x.com/HealthcareAIGuy/status/2107521577558671755 · 2026-10-06
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Multiply Labs.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Multiply Labs from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Startup Funding News Today, October 7, 2026: Nous Research, Monid, Multiply Labs, Quanfluence & More
Startup funding is moving in two directions today. Investors are still pouring money into large AI platforms, but a growing share of capital is also flowing into quantum…
Multiply Labs raises $75M to optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing with robots
Multiply Labs Inc., a startup that develops automation equipment for drugmakers, has raised $75 million in funding. Prominent medical researcher Patrick Soon-Shiong led the deal.…
Multiply Labs Announces 0 Million Series A to Pioneer Robotic Manufacturing of Individualized Drugs
Multiply Labs raised 0M in Series A funding led by Casdin Capital to pioneer robotic manufacturing of individualized drugs.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/multiply-labs.md
- RSS feed: /companies/multiply-labs/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0e30cbad-5da8-48a3-bf7c-1dc4ec9496ad
- Revision history: /companies/multiply-labs/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
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
Multiply Labs draws attention at the 41st percentile but verifies reality at the 62nd percentile among other robots. Hype Gap -21, 155th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Oct 13, 2026