The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Neubility: 1 model, 3 deployments across 2 regions, $40.7M raised, 1 active incident. 4 sources back the record.
CategorySidewalk delivery
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Seoul-based robotics-as-a-service company developing Neubie, a lidar-free autonomous sidewalk delivery and patrol robot that uses multi-camera V-SLAM navigation. Founded in 2017 by Lee Sang-min, Neubility operates approximately 370 robots across 142 sites in Korea and abroad, and is expanding into physical AI with a humanoid robot called Billi, developed in partnership with Unitree Robotics. The company has raised 55 billion won (approximately $41.5M) cumulatively and appointed NH I&S as IPO lead underwriter.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
CEO
CTO
Total Fundingsee investors →
Fleet size
Technology
IPO
Humanoid
NVIDIA
Financial stage
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
3
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Neubility has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1SK Shieldus1× joint
- 2SK Telecom1× joint
- 3Unitree Robotics1× joint8 total
- 4ZMP1× joint4 total
Most recent
- Neubility x Unitree Robotics2026-03-09with Unitree Roboticsjust announced
- Neubility x SK Telecom x SK Shieldus2023-03-01with SK Telecomoperating
Neubility on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Aug 2024. Explore where Neubility's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Neubility deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Lee Sang-min CEO & Co-founder (now Chairman during military service)SEC-verified
- Kang Ki-hyuk CTO & Co-founder (acting CEO during Lee's military service)SEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Lee Sang-mincofounderfounded 2017-07-01
- Kang Ki-hyukcofounderfounded 2017-07-01
Safety record
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 →
Incidents affecting Neubility (1)
- Neubie delivery robot collided with a vehicle at a crosswalk in Songdo, Incheon2024-12-01 · Collision
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Neubility3 deployments
Recent coverage
Neubility in third-party press
Peers
85 peers across 1 segment. Every Neubility competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
- 4AG Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 6 River Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Addverbdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aethondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aigendirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $40.7M
- 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
3 total · 2 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Neubility has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Neubility x Unitree Robotics2026-03-09with Unitree Roboticsjust announced
- Neubility x SK Telecom x SK Shieldus2023-03-01with SK Telecomoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1SK Shieldus1× joint
- 2SK Telecom1× joint
- 3Unitree Robotics1× joint8 total
- 4ZMP1× joint4 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- distribution—operating
- Neubility x SK Telecom x SK ShielduswithSK Telecom,SK Shieldusdevelopment2023-03-01operating
- development2026-03-09announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (3)
Neubility’s 3 disclosed rounds, $41M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2025-12-10
$17M(reported) · $150M post
Investors: Envisioning Partners (lead), Korea Development Bank (lead), CRIT Ventures, Grishin Robotics
- Series A+2023-03-21
$3M(reported) · $16M post
Investors: Samsung Venture Investment (lead)
- Series A2022-05-01
$21M(reported) · $77M post
Investors: IMM Investment (lead), Samsung Welstory (strategic), Kakao Investment, KB Investment, Shinsegae (strategic), Lotte (strategic)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Neubility’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipNeubility x Unitree Robotics
2026-03-09Neubility and Unitree Robotics signed an MOU to co-develop humanoid robot solutions. Neubility will contribute its camera-based autonomous navigation and physical AI software, while Unitree provides humanoid robot hardware platforms. The partnership supports Neubility's Billi humanoid robot program.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2025-12-10Series B raising $17100000
Funding roundSeries A+ funding round
2023-03-21Series A+ raising $2600000
PartnershipNeubility x SK Telecom x SK Shieldus
2023-03-01Neubility co-develops AI-powered security patrol robots with SK Telecom and SK Shieldus. SK Telecom provides AI-powered camera technology, SK Shieldus provides security monitoring and dispatch technology, and Neubility provides the autonomous robot hardware platform. Patrol robots have been deployed in apartment complexes managed by KB AZU.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2022-05-01Series A raising $21000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedDec 1, 2024
Neubie delivery robot collided with a vehicle at a crosswalk in Songdo, Incheon
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 1, 2024
Neubie at Seongnam, South Korea
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2023
Neubie at Seoul, South Korea
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 1, 2022
Neubie at Songdo, Incheon, South Korea
Sources (4)
- verification source · https://www.neubility.co.kr/
- https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/neubility-plans-to-roll-out-400-lidar-free-delivery-and-security-robots-by-year-end/
- https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/from-food-to-factories-neubility-is-getting-smart-on-robot-intelligence/11667517
- https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-industry/2025/12/10/XGF7APDIFZA53IPB6SZSOQG4SE/
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Neubility.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Neubility from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Sidewalk delivery robot company Neubility secures 2.42M investment
Neubility secured 2.42M in investment to expand its automated sidewalk delivery service to new markets.
[Exclusive] Key Figure Behind Autonomous Robot 'Neubie' Enlists in the Military as Company Prepares for a Transformation
Neubility CEO Lee Sang-min enlists for mandatory military service; CTO Kang Ki-hyuk takes over as acting CEO as the company prepares to unveil its humanoid robot Billi and pursue…
Newbility raises 25.1 billion won to expand into humanoid robots
Neubility closes ₩25.1B Series B at a valuation exceeding 200 billion won, with plans to expand from delivery robots into physical AI and humanoids.
From food to factories, Neubility is getting smart on robot intelligence
Neubility CEO Lee Sang-min discusses the company's pivot from delivery robots to humanoid-like robots for distribution centers, with IPO plans and a vision for robot intelligence.
Neubility Launches Robot Delivery Service in Pangyo Station and Seohyeon Areas
Neubility deploys 10 autonomous delivery robots in Seongnam's Pangyo Station area as part of Korea's first local government-led outdoor robot delivery service after regulatory…
Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end
Seoul-based Neubility closes Series A at ~$26.1M and plans to scale its lidar-free Neubie delivery robot fleet to 400 units, with a new security robot variant co-developed with SK…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/neubility.md
- RSS feed: /companies/neubility/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ac490a86-10eb-4e26-8828-77f18f875156
- Revision history: /companies/neubility/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
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Heat Index
Category contender81/100
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
Neubility draws attention at the 9th percentile but verifies reality at the 57th percentile among sidewalk robots. Hype Gap -47.7, 29th widest among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Funded with institutional backing on record. 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 3, 2026