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
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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
Where Relay Robotics's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Steve Cousins Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Steve Cousinssole
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 →
Operated deployments (1)
- RelaySan Jose
Operator customers (1)
- Relay Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Relay Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Roborock19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
Financial state
- 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)
Investors: MK Capital (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Savioke's Relay Is Redefining the Hospitality Service Industry
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Relay Robotics?
- 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.
- What does Relay Robotics make?
- Relay Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Relay (Relay Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with Relay Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Relay Robotics building in the same form factors include Ecovacs Robotics, Roborock, SharkNinja, iRobot.
- Who is the CEO of Relay Robotics?
- Steve Cousins is the ceo of Relay Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Relay Robotics headquartered?
- Relay Robotics is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
- Where does Relay Robotics operate robots?
- Relay Robotics operates 1 verified deployment, including at San Jose.
- Is Relay Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Relay Robotics ranks in roughly the top 51% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is Relay Robotics safe?
- Relay Robotics 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 2026-07-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-06
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
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Roborock19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Dreame Technology5 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
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Roborock19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
Reality vs attention
Relay Robotics draws attention at the 34th percentile but verifies reality at the 26th percentile among service robots. Hype Gap +7.3, 11th widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. 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: Jul 23, 2026