# Sancho Robotics: mobile robotics company

Canonical ID: `84ae9ae6-6baf-4819-8bfd-a65ddec48630`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [USD 7M Seed (Jul 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Founded:** October 2025
- **Founders:** [Chao Cao](/people/chao-cao.md) (CEO), [Jack Yang](/people/jack-yang.md)
- **HQ:** Palo Alto, California, USA
- **Prior affiliations:** CMU Robotics Institute, Boston Dynamics AI Institute, Nuro
- **Investors:** [Fusion Fund](/investors/fusion-fund.md) (co-lead), [Catapult Ventures](/investors/catapult-ventures.md) (co-lead), [StoryHouse Ventures](/investors/storyhouse-ventures.md), [Oakseed Ventures](/investors/oakseed-ventures.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Key partnership:** [Multiply Labs](/companies/multiply-labs.md) (biomanufacturing automation)
- **Notable:** Featured in NVIDIA GTC 2026 keynote opening demo
- **CEO:** [Chao Cao](/people/chao-cao.md)
- **Co-founder:** [Jack Yang](/people/jack-yang.md)
- **Total funding:** [$7M Seed (July 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Seed investors:** [Fusion Fund](/investors/fusion-fund.md), [Catapult Ventures](/investors/catapult-ventures.md) (co-lead)
- **GTC 2026:** Featured in NVIDIA GTC 2026 keynote opening

- **Slug:** sancho-robotics
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2025
- **HQ:** Palo Alto, California, USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 7000000
- **Category:** [Warehouse & Logistics Robotics](/amr)

## Models

- [Sancho General-Purpose Robot](/models/sancho-gpr.md) (amr) (id: `06ad8509-8546-4920-9e31-d220213a81ec`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Chao Cao](/people/chao-cao.md) Co-founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Chao Cao](/people/chao-cao.md) Co-founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Jack Yang](/people/jack-yang.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Founders (2)

- [Chao Cao](/people/chao-cao.md)
- [Jack Yang](/people/jack-yang.md)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Sancho Robotics x Multiply Labs biomanufacturing automation](/partnerships/sancho-robotics-x-multiply-labs-biomanufacturing-automation.md) with Multiply Labs _deployment_

## 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 Sancho Robotics?

Palo Alto-based robotics startup building a physical API for flexible manufacturing, founded in October 2025 by two CMU roboticists. Sancho Robotics develops general-purpose mobile manipulators that connect standalone workcells into coordinated end-to-end workflows for advanced manufacturing. The company's work was featured in the opening of NVIDIA's 2026 GTC keynote.

### What does Sancho Robotics make?

Sancho Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Sancho General-Purpose Robot (Sancho Robotics builds physical robots).

### Where is Sancho Robotics headquartered?

Sancho Robotics is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA.

### How much funding has Sancho Robotics raised?

Sancho Robotics has raised approximately $7M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Sancho Robotics operate robots?

Sancho 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.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.sancho.com/blog
2. https://app.dealroom.co/news/feed/sancho-raises-7m-to-automate-factory-robot-handoffs-with-on-device-orchestration-layer

## 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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