# PointOne: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `98e55745-6c2d-4788-a301-c024b04cc796`

- **Slug:** pointone
- **Status:** private (VC-backed)
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, USA
- **Valuation of record:** $230M (Company-claimed, as of Nov 2025; Priced round: [Series C post-money](https://pointonenav.com/news/point-one-navigation-raises-35-million-series-c-to-define-the-future-of-precise-location-and-physical-ai/)) · [see valuations ranking](/valuations.md)

## Models

- [Polaris RTK Network](/models/pointone-polaris-rtk.md) (other) (id: `dff4d705-3843-404f-8333-f1f9e31c0d37`)

## Current leadership (5)

- [Aaron Nathan](/people/aaron-nathan.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Aaron Nathan](/people/aaron-nathan.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Mike Kurdziel](/people/mike-kurdziel.md) Cloud Lead (secondary-verified)
- [Karen Leineweber](/people/karen-leineweber.md) Computer Vision Lead (secondary-verified)
- [Ryan Dougherty](/people/ryan-dougherty.md) Sensor Fusion Lead (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [Point One Navigation x STMicroelectronics](/partnerships/point-one-navigation-x-stmicroelectronics.md) with STMicroelectronics _technology_
- [Point One Navigation x ACEINNA](/partnerships/point-one-navigation-x-aceinna.md) with ACEINNA _technology_ (concluded) (_reported, not operationally verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is PointOne?

Point One Navigation builds centimeter-level precision positioning technology for autonomous vehicles, robots, and connected devices. Its Unified Location Platform combines the Polaris RTK Network of GNSS correction base stations, a GraphQL-based Location Cloud API, and a sensor-fusion Positioning Engine to deliver 1cm accuracy for physical AI applications. The San Francisco company partners with [STMicroelectronics](/companies/stmicroelectronics) on GNSS chipsets and is backed by [Khosla Ventures](/companies/khosla-ventures).

### What does PointOne make?

PointOne has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Polaris RTK Network (PointOne builds robot foundation models or autonomy software).

### Is PointOne publicly traded?

No. PointOne is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in PointOne?

PointOne is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is PointOne headquartered?

PointOne is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

### Who owns PointOne?

PointOne is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does PointOne operate robots?

PointOne operates 2 verified deployments, including at Europe, North America.

### How many robots has PointOne deployed?

DEPLOY has 2 verified PointOne deployments on record at sites including Europe, North America. That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.

### Is PointOne a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, PointOne ranks in roughly the top 34% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was PointOne founded?

PointOne was founded in 2016.


## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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