The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Rapid Robotics: 1 model, $36.7M raised. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryIndustrial Robots
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
San Francisco-based factory-automation company that built turnkey robotic work cells for machine tending, palletizing, packing, and kitting across manufacturing industries. Founded by Kretchmer and co-founder Ruddick Lawrence, Rapid Robotics developed a robotic machine operator designed to help manufacturers avoid offshoring by deploying affordable automation. The company raised 6.7M led by Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Founded
Focus
Technology
Stage
Co-founders
Fundingsee investors →
Products
Robotic machine operator
Fast deployment model
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Kimberley Losey CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Rapid Robotics.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Rapid Robotics in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every Rapid Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BD Rowadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- EFORT Intelligent Equipmentdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Rapid Robotics.
Robots and products (2)
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $36.7M
- 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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2021-08-18
$37M(reported) · $220M post
Investors: Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global Management
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by RobCoasset purchase2024-01-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Rapid Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Acquired byAcquired by RobCo
2024-01-01Acquired by RobCo (asset_purchase)
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-08-18Series A raising $36700000
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 (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Rapid Robotics.Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Rapid Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/rapid-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/rapid-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/83caeb9c-ff3e-46db-8fd7-adf73540a645
- Revision history: /companies/rapid-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Rapid Robotics draws attention at the 1st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
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 18, 2026