Company
Relay Robotics
Relay Robotics is a Santa Clara-based company building autonomous indoor delivery robots for hotels, hospitals, and other public spaces.
- HQ
- Santa Clara, CA
- Status
- active
Models
1
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
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Robot
Relay2 model with secure compartment
History
Formerly Savioke
CEO
Michael O'Donnell (Chairman & CEO)
Series A
$10M (MK Capital)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
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 →
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)
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.
- Where is Relay Robotics headquartered?
- Relay Robotics is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
- Where does Relay Robotics operate robots?
- Relay Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- 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 50% 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
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 13th percentile but verifies reality at the 26th percentile among service robots. Hype Gap -13.9, 21st widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. 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: Jul 14, 2026