Overview
Savioke (now Relay Robotics) is an American service robotics company founded in 2013 in San Jose, California by former Willow Garage CEO Steve Cousins. The company develops the Relay autonomous delivery robot for hotels and commercial environments, deploying robots at Starwood Aloft Hotels.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Product
Origin
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Savioke on the deployment map
Where Savioke's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Steve Cousins Founder & former CEOreported, not verified
- Steve Cousins Co-Founder, CEOsince 2013-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Steve Cousinscofounderfounded 2013-01-01
- Steve Cousinscofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Savioke.
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 →
Recent coverage
Savioke 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 (2)
- Series B2018-01-01
$23M(reported)
- Series A2015-04-01
$15M(reported)
Investors: August Capital (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Savioke?
- Savioke (now Relay Robotics) is an American service robotics company founded in 2013 in San Jose, California by former Willow Garage CEO Steve Cousins. The company develops the Relay autonomous delivery robot for hotels and commercial environments, deploying robots at Starwood Aloft Hotels.
- What does Savioke make?
- Savioke has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Relay (Savioke builds physical robots).
- Who competes with Savioke?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Savioke building in the same form factors include Ecovacs Robotics, Roborock, SharkNinja, iRobot.
- Who is the CEO of Savioke?
- Steve Cousins is the ceo of Savioke, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Savioke headquartered?
- Savioke is headquartered in San Jose, CA, USA.
- Where does Savioke operate robots?
- Savioke 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 Savioke a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Savioke ranks in roughly the top 73% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Savioke founded?
- Savioke was founded in 2013.
- Is Savioke safe?
- Savioke 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 · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Savioke.Peer companies
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Roborock19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Savioke from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Savioke Relay+ Features New Mechanical Elevator Interface and Knocks Down a Major Hurdle to Product Acceptance - The Robot Report
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Savioke is now Relay Robotics - The Robot Report
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Relay Robotics Secures $10 Million Financing - Business Wire
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Relay+ is Savioke’s next-gen service robot - The Robot Report
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Savioke's Robot Butler Brings You Room Service - IEEE Spectrum
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Pioneer Square Embassy Suites now offers robot butler option - Seattlepi.com
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CES 2018: Delivery Robots Are Full-Time Employees at a Las Vegas Hotel - IEEE Spectrum
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Savioke's AURA in Singapore will deliver your drinks and toiletries, and even rides the elevator - CNBC
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Little butler robot wins international inventors’ award - IFR International Federation of Robotics
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This robot’s coworkers think he is kinda cute - marketplace.org
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Aloft Dallas Love Field opens with Savioke's robot butler - Hotel Management
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Meet Botlr, the Delivery Robot at Love Field’s Newest Hotel - Dallas Innovates
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/savioke.md
- RSS feed: /companies/savioke/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c84c1f52-0486-436b-a413-3d53765261c2
- Revision history: /companies/savioke/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
Savioke draws attention at the 28th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among service 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: Jul 23, 2026