Overview
Sphero is an American educational robotics company based in Boulder, Colorado, developing programmable robots and STEAM learning tools. The company acquired littleBits to become an edtech leader, and its RVR programmable robot launched with a $1M Kickstarter campaign.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
Acquired
Kickstarter
Programmable robotics education portfolio
Blueprint Robotics launch
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Partnerships
Every company Sphero has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint132 total
Most recent
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Paul Berberian CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sphero.
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
Sphero in third-party press
Ball Sphero Sprk+ Sphero Walmart SPRK+ App-Enabled Robot Ball With Programmable Sensors – Unclaimed Baggage
Sphero® and TEAM Alliance to Present 26-27 Season of Sphero Robotics Missions and Competitions
Sphero® Introduces Blueprint Robotics™, a Classroom and After-School Robotics Solution for Middle and High School
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Sphero.
Companies (2)
People (1)
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Sphero has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint132 total
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 (3)
Common questions
What is Sphero?
What does Sphero make?
Is Sphero publicly traded?
Who is the CEO of Sphero?
How can I invest in Sphero?
Who owns Sphero?
Is Sphero a top robotics company?
When was Sphero founded?
Is Sphero safe?
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-09
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sphero.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sphero from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Ball Sphero Sprk+ Sphero Walmart SPRK+ App-Enabled Robot Ball With Programmable Sensors – Unclaimed Baggage
Sphero® and TEAM Alliance to Present 26-27 Season of Sphero Robotics Missions and Competitions
Sphero® Introduces Blueprint Robotics™, a Classroom and After-School Robotics Solution for Middle and High School
How Sphero brings safe, impactful AI to K12 classrooms with Amazon Bedrock
Irving ISD Students Compete at the Season 6 Sphero Robotics Competition
ORAU and Children's Museum of Oak Ridge recommit to offer K-12 STEM programming
Social robotics company Furhat buys Sphero spin-out company Misty Robotics
Sphero indi Brings Robotics to Pre-Kindergarten
Sphero Announces Acquisition of LittleBits to Expand K–12 Robotics Tools
Sphero, LittleBits and Other Robots Bring Technology to Life
Sphero Bolt Review: Can This Robot Ball Teach Code?
Meet the programming robot that has no limits.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sphero.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sphero/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/988d84cc-8e5e-42df-9d41-c799f2bae675
- Revision history: /companies/sphero/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
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
Not enough verified signal yet to place Sphero against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Nov 4, 2026