The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Relay Robotics: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $10.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Relay Robotics is a Santa Clara-based company building autonomous indoor delivery robots for hotels, hospitals, and other public spaces. The company acquired Savioke and raised $10M in Series A funding from MK Capital, with CEO Michael O'Donnell leading service robot expansion. Relay robots navigate crowds, operate elevators, and bring items directly to hotel rooms and hospital wards to support nurses, pharmacists, and hotel staff.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Robot
History
CEO
Series A
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Relay Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Relay Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Relay Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Steve Cousins Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
ArrivalsSteve Cousins from Savioke
DeparturesSteve Cousins to Savioke
Founders (1)
- Steve Cousinssole
previously at Willow Garage, Savioke
later founded Savioke
Safety record
No incidents on record for Relay Robotics.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Relay Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
Relay Robotics in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Relay Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $10.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- 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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2022-05-02
$10M(reported) · $60M post
Investors: MK Capital (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Relay Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
DepartureSteve Cousins departs
2026-08-23Steve Cousins left to join Savioke
ArrivalSteve Cousins joins
2026-08-23Steve Cousins joined from Savioke
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2022-05-02Series A raising $10000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Savioke's Relay Is Redefining the Hospitality Service Industry
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Relay at Florida
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Relay at San Jose
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Relay Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Relay Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
China Plans First Fully Robot-Operated Hotel Powered by AI and Robotics | - Hotel Technology News
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BayCare Expands Autonomous Hospital Delivery with New Relay Robots at Winter Haven Hospitals - PR Newswire
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Robots: A helping hand for human hoteliers - Hotel Management
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What Is Robotics as a Service (RaaS)? - Built In
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Relay Robotics proposes levels of autonomous navigation for indoor robots - The Robot Report
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Brick Hospitality Partners with Relay Robotics to Deploy Guest Service Robots Across All Hotel Properties - Hotel Technology News
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Relay Robotics successfully navigates hospital obstacle course - The Robot Report
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Hotel Tech-in: The robot butlers taking over hotel deliveries - Hotel Dive
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Relay Robotics Introduces New Hospital Delivery Robot, RelayRx to Address Nursing Shortage - Business Wire
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Next-gen room service: How Relay 2 robots are revolutionizing the hotel experience - FOX 5 New York
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Relay2 delivery robot offers 2x payload, new elevator integration - The Robot Report
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Relay Robotics Introduces Relay2, The New High-Capacity Hotel Delivery Robot - Business Wire
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/relay-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/relay-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/10a51873-d3e5-41e2-ae8b-837b89759261
- Revision history: /companies/relay-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Video
What's exciting about robots making deliveries at hotels? Technology, elevators, and the surprised look on guest's faces when they open the door.
Fun video of Savioke's Relay Robot delivering items to guests at the Crowne Plaza hotel. See him riding elevators, cruising down hallways and calling guest's ro
Learn about the people and technology behind Savioke, makers of the Relay Robot. The future of service delivery robotics is bright and we are glad to be along f
When you stay at The Westin Buffalo, New York, expect to be delighted when your room service order is delivered by a Relay Service Robot. Watch Assistant Genera
Relay Robotics, Inc. is a leading supplier of simple, sophisticated, autonomous service robots that work with humans safely, securely, reliably, and contact-fre
Get a behind the scenes look at how Relay delivers items to guests' rooms at the ALoft Hotels. He can get on elevators, ring a guest's room and have an on-scree
Take a look at the Robot Command Center that allows hotel staff to send a Relay Robot to your room with a delivery.
Relay Robotics, Inc. is a leading supplier of simple, sophisticated, autonomous service robots that work with humans safely, securely, reliably, and contact-fre
Relay Robotics, Inc. is a leading supplier of simple, sophisticated, autonomous service robots that work with humans safely, securely, reliably, and contact-fre
Relay Robotics, Inc. is a leading supplier of simple, sophisticated, autonomous service robots that work with humans safely, securely, reliably, and contact-fre
Jason Ransom, General Manager of Aloft Silicon Valley in Newark, CA, talks about his experience with his delivery robot, Relay RoomService, and all the creative
Heat Index
Category contender79/100
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
Relay Robotics draws attention at the 76th percentile but verifies reality at the 25th percentile among service robots. Hype Gap +51.3, 8th widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category 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: Sep 7, 2026