The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Persona AI: 1 model, $27.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
Houston-based company building purpose-built industrial humanoid robots for shipyards, manufacturing, and defense. Founded by Nic Radford, Persona AI raised 7M in an oversubscribed pre-seed round to develop rugged humanoids for heavy industry applications, addressing the skilled labor crisis in shipbuilding and fabrication.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Robot
Focus
HQ
Founded
Founder
Pre-seed funding
Products
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Nic Radford Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Nic Radfordcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Persona 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
Persona AI in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- elevated
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Partnerships (2)
- Persona AI x Hyundai shipyard welding humanoid with Hyundaidevelopmentreported, not operationally verified
- Persona AI x HD Hyundai Shipyards with HD Hyundaideploymentannouncedreported, not operationally verified
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2026-03-11
$27M(reported)
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 (1)
- verification source · https://persona.ai/
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Persona AI.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Persona AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Experts to discuss the state of humanoid robots at RoboBusiness
The RoboBusiness panel will include insights on humanoid robots from Agility, Apptronik, Persona AI, and PSYONIC experts. The post Experts to discuss the state of humanoid robots…
Persona AI raises 7M for shipyard humanoid robots
Persona AI raised 7M. Building purpose-built humanoid robots for shipyards. Signed agreement with HD Hyundai for shipyard deployment.
Nic Radford and Persona AI: Redefining Industrial Robotics
Profile of Persona AI founder Nic Radford and the company's 7M pre-seed round for industrial humanoid robots.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/persona-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/persona-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6978f03c-ee54-4a4c-83fe-7919991c737a
- Revision history: /companies/persona-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Video
While the world rests, Persona AI’s humanoid robots are already on the move—building, welding, assembling, and handling jobs once done by humans. 😱🔥 These AI-
Persona AI is building humanoid robots for welding in partnership with Hyundai. Berkeley researchers unveil VideoMimic to teach robots context aware skills usin
#robot #robotics #actuators #mechanical #humanoid
A great partnership, signed in #Houston at the Ion Houston. Persona AI Inc and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries have agreed to work together toward humanoid robots f
#robot #robotics
We made it to the big screen! 📺 Our latest collaboration with Persona AI was featured in Jensen Huang’s GTC 2026 Keynote Tech Montage. This isn't just a prett
What happens when you bring a humanoid robot out of the lab? While Houston tuned in to the World Cup, the Persona AI engineering team walked our robot around IO
We’re honored that HD Hyundai has invited our CEO Nicolaus Radford to speak at the Future Tech Forum during the APEC CEO Summit. When: October 27, 2025 at 11:2
Reality vs attention
Persona AI draws attention at the 34th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. 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: Aug 17, 2026