Overview
Menlo Park, CA-based GI robotics developer. Founder/CEO Alex Tilson. $97M Series D (August 2024). Investors: Sonder Capital, Olympus Corporation. Product: Pathfinder sleeve (wraps around endoscope, stiffens to prevent loops). Subsidiaries: Jupiter Endovascular (spun out with $21M, Endoportal Control for pulmonary embolism, led by Carl St. Bernard), Triton Medical Robotics (flexible endoluminal surgical device). Focus: GI robotics.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Series D
Founder/CEO
Product
Subsidiaries
HQ
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Current leadership (2)
- Alex Tilson Founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Fred Moll Chairman of the Boardsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Neptune Medical.
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
Neptune Medical in third-party press
Inside Biotech: Healthcare robotics enters its next phase as GI systems gain momentum - Proactive financial news
Neptune Medical’s GI robot succeeds in colonoscopy study - MedTech Dive
50-Patient First-in-Human Study of Triton Robotic Endoscopy System From Neptune Medical Demonstrates No Adverse Events and 100% Cecal Intubation in Colonoscopy - Business Wire
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Neptune Medical?
- Menlo Park, CA-based GI robotics developer. Founder/CEO Alex Tilson. $97M Series D (August 2024). Investors: Sonder Capital, Olympus Corporation. Product: Pathfinder sleeve (wraps around endoscope, stiffens to prevent loops). Subsidiaries: Jupiter Endovascular (spun out with $21M, Endoportal Control for pulmonary embolism, led by Carl St. Bernard), Triton Medical Robotics (flexible endoluminal surgical device). Focus: GI robotics.
- What does Neptune Medical make?
- Neptune Medical has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Neptune Medical builds physical robots.
- Who is the CEO of Neptune Medical?
- Alex Tilson is the founder of Neptune Medical, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Neptune Medical headquartered?
- Neptune Medical is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.
- Is Neptune Medical a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Neptune Medical ranks in roughly the top 18% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is Neptune Medical safe?
- Neptune Medical has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Neptune Medical.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Neptune Medical from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Inside Biotech: Healthcare robotics enters its next phase as GI systems gain momentum - Proactive financial news
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Neptune Medical’s GI robot succeeds in colonoscopy study - MedTech Dive
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50-Patient First-in-Human Study of Triton Robotic Endoscopy System From Neptune Medical Demonstrates No Adverse Events and 100% Cecal Intubation in Colonoscopy - Business Wire
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Neptune Medical Announces New Data Demonstrating That Pathfinder Endoscope Overtube Enables Completion of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Challenging Anatomy - Business Wire
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Nvidia outlines new AI projects in robotic surgery, autonomous imaging - Fierce Biotech
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Neptune Medical to utilize Nvidia AI in GI robotic system - MassDevice
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Neptune Medical to Advance GI Robotics with NVIDIA Isaac for Healthcare - Business Wire
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Introducing NVIDIA Isaac for Healthcare, an AI-Powered Medical Robotics Development Platform - NVIDIA Developer
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Key patents indicate future trajectory for surgical robotics and reveal necessary IP management insights - IAM Media
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Neptune Medical: $97 Million (Series D) Raised And Jupiter Endovascular Spins Out - Pulse 2.0
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Neptune Medical on $97 Million Series D Financing - Wilson Sonsini
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GI robotics developer Neptune Medical raises $97M, launches Jupiter Endovascular - Fierce Biotech
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/neptune-medical.md
- RSS feed: /companies/neptune-medical/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/79af1772-cc80-4ac7-abe1-60a8ea799ed8
- Revision history: /companies/neptune-medical/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Neptune Medical against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Jul 25, 2026