Company
Oxipital AI
Oxipital AI (formerly Soft Robotics) is a Boston-based company developing AI-powered machine vision solutions for robotic process automation and product…
- Founded
- 2014
- HQ
- Boston, MA
- Status
- active
Models
1
Overview
Oxipital AI (formerly Soft Robotics) is a Boston-based company developing AI-powered machine vision solutions for robotic process automation and product inspection in food processing, agriculture, and consumer goods. Its mGripAI platform provides 3D visual AI for high-speed robotic picking and quality inspection. The company divested its soft gripper hardware business to Schmalz Group in 2024 to focus on visual AI.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Focus
Picking and handling delicate items such as raw chicken from bulk in food-processing plants
Robot
mGripAI combines 3D machine vision, AI, and soft robotic grippers
Technology
3D machine vision, AI, and soft robotic grippers
Customers
Food-processing plants
CEO
Mark Chiappetta
Formerly
Soft Robotics Inc.
Total funding
2M
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Current leadership (1)
- Mark Chiappetta President & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- George M. Whitesidessoleno longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- George M. Whitesides Founder (Soft Robotics)secondary-verified
- Carl Vause CEO (former, Soft Robotics)secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Oxipital AI.
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
Oxipital AI in third-party press
Peer companies
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Automata1 model
- Codian Robotics1 model
- Rainbow Robotics1 model
- Reach Robotics1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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.
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Oxipital AI?
- Oxipital AI (formerly Soft Robotics) is a Boston-based company developing AI-powered machine vision solutions for robotic process automation and product inspection in food processing, agriculture, and consumer goods. Its mGripAI platform provides 3D visual AI for high-speed robotic picking and quality inspection. The company divested its soft gripper hardware business to Schmalz Group in 2024 to focus on visual AI.
- What does Oxipital AI make?
- Oxipital AI has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: mGripAI (Oxipital AI builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with Oxipital AI?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Oxipital AI building in the same form factors include ATI Industrial Automation, Dexterity, Automata, Codian Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of Oxipital AI?
- Mark Chiappetta is the ceo of Oxipital AI, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Oxipital AI headquartered?
- Oxipital AI is headquartered in Boston, MA.
- Where does Oxipital AI operate robots?
- Oxipital AI is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Oxipital AI a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Oxipital AI ranks in roughly the top 58% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Oxipital AI founded?
- Oxipital AI was founded in 2014.
- Is Oxipital AI safe?
- Oxipital AI 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 · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-04
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-04
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Oxipital AI.Peer companies
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Automata1 model
- Codian Robotics1 model
- Rainbow Robotics1 model
- Reach Robotics1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Oxipital AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Oxipital AI and Schmalz Extend Partnership to Deliver Advanced Robotic Grasping Solutions
Oxipital AI and Schmalz partnered to deliver next-generation robotic grasping solutions combining visual AI with gripper hardware.
Soft Robotics Adopts New Business Strategy and Becomes Oxipital AI
Soft Robotics reformed as Oxipital AI, divesting its gripper hardware business to Schmalz Group to focus on AI-powered visual inspection and robotic picking solutions.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/oxipital-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/oxipital-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fe9325b4-9e5d-40ec-aa9f-8b9bc5032eb8
- Revision history: /companies/oxipital-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Automata1 model
- Codian Robotics1 model
- Rainbow Robotics1 model
- Reach Robotics1 model
Video
V-CORTX from Oxipital AI is a powerful, all-in-one AI Vision platform designed to transform how manufacturers deploy and scale machine vision. This revolutionary solution is designed for product inspection and robotic gu
Oxipital AI is a leader in AI-enabled machine vision technologies for robotic process automation and product quality inspection in critical industries such as f
Oxipital AI has released the VX2, an AI-enabled vision system that blends 2D and 3D data to solve complex inspection tasks and tackle high-speed conveyor-based
The AI Vision Model Manager within V-CORTX simplifies the most complex part of vision AI: the models themselves. Whether you’re just getting started or scaling
Not all AI machine vision is created equal. Oxipital AI's solution sets itself apart from other machine vision solutions. This video demonstrates the key featur
Experience the most flexible vision-guided solution for robotic picking. Our AI-enabled vision solutions are engineered for seamless integration into existing p
Watch our webinar "From Visual AI to Value: ROI with V-CORTX. What You’ll Learn: - How to reduce operational costs and improve yield - Real-world use case s
Anthony Romeo with Oxipital AI explains their V-CortX vision technology for food inspection. CHAPTERS 0:07 How is synthetic data generation used in the syste
Food processors are no strangers to the challenges in their roles. Whether you're a line manager, quality control operator, operations manager, or CEO, Oxipital
As Line Manager at Blue Sky Meadows poultry plant, Freddie manages 14 different defects and 23 people on the line. It’s not easy, nor is figuring out where the
At Blue Sky Meadows poultry plant, Tuesdays are all about one thing: Changeover Day. For operation manager Jess, that means switching lines to accommodate diffe
Pierre’s a quality control operator at Blue Sky Meadows poultry plant, and he’s got a chicken patty problem. The breading rules just changed, and now he’s eyeba
Join us for a conversation with Stäubli Robotics exploring the future of intelligent food production. We’ll discuss how manufacturers can move beyond traditiona
Reality vs attention
Oxipital AI draws attention at the 77th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among manipulator robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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 16, 2026