The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Square Robot: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
US robotics company specializing in autonomous submersible robots for in-service inspection of aboveground storage tanks. Its SR-3 platform performs API 653 and EEMUA 159-compliant internal tank inspections while tanks remain online, eliminating confined space entry. Founded in 2016 by former Bluefin Robotics executives in Massachusetts, Square Robot has inspected over 400 tanks globally for clients including ExxonMobil and Marathon Petroleum.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- David Lamont Co-Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Jerome Vaganay Founder and CTOsecondary-verified
- Eric Levitt Co-foundersecondary-verified
- William O'Halloran Co-foundersecondary-verified
- David Therrien CFOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- David Lamontcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Square Robot.
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
Square Robot in third-party press
X Square Robot Set Its Benchmark at Figure AI's Number — Then Beat It by 45%
After Unitree's 60-Billion-Yuan IPO, China's Robot Companies Are Stuck Behind a New Pricing Anchor
A Robot That Learns from Short Videos in 29 Seconds — X Square Robot's HOST Changes the Embodied-AI Recipe
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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.
Partnerships (4)
- Square Robot x Marathon Petroleum with Marathon Petroleum, Marathon Petroleuminvestment
- Square Robot x ExxonMobil with ExxonMobildevelopment
- Square Robot x Kraken Robotics with Kraken Roboticsmanufacturing
- Square Robot x Kraken Sonar with Kraken Sonar Inc.technologyannounced
Funding rounds (3)
Square Robot’s 2 disclosed rounds, $21M in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2025-12-23
$8M(reported)
- Series B2024-12-04
$13M(reported)
- Series A2023-09-25
Investors: Siemens Energy Ventures (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 21, 2021
SR-3 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 21, 2021
SR-3 at United States
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-16
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Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-16
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Methodology surface for Square Robot.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Square Robot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
X Square Robot Set Its Benchmark at Figure AI's Number — Then Beat It by 45%
Shenzhen's X Square Robot sorted 1,816 parcels in one unedited hour with simple grippers. The target it set for itself — 1,248 — happens to be Figure AI's sustained hourly…
After Unitree's 60-Billion-Yuan IPO, China's Robot Companies Are Stuck Behind a New Pricing Anchor
Unitree's 150.80 yuan offer price and 60.99 billion yuan market cap reset the valuation yardstick for every Chinese humanoid robot company now queueing at A-share or Hong Kong…
A Robot That Learns from Short Videos in 29 Seconds — X Square Robot's HOST Changes the Embodied-AI Recipe
X Square Robot has open-sourced HOST, an inference-time learning framework that lets a humanoid robot watch a 29-second human demonstration and reproduce the skill at 62 percent…
Building a Foundation Stack for General-Purpose Robots
This article is brought to you by X Square Robot . Large language models gave artificial intelligence a working recipe. Pretrain a large model on broad data, and general…
X Square Robot brings its valuation to $2.8B with four consecutive funding rounds
X Square Robots' system combines foundation models, robotics hardware, a data pipeline system, and real-world deployments. The post X Square Robot brings its valuation to $2.8B…
X Square Robot Closes Four Consecutive Rounds, Hits $2.8B Valuation as It Powers Physical-AI Foundation Models
X Square Robot completes four successive funding rounds culminating in a Series C, reaching $2.8 billion valuation, becoming the only embodied AI company backed by all four of…
🦾 HardTech Reads: The AI & Robotics Revolution Vol.76
Japan launches $6.34B physical AI push with SoftBank, Sony, NEC, Honda on trillion-parameter model X Square Robot launches China's first home-cleaning robot U.S. lawmakers…
Square Robot Announces New Funding and Collaboration with Marathon Petroleum
Square Robot announced funding and collaboration with Marathon Petroleum Corp., combining investment in the Series B round with fleet deployment across Marathon's nationwide…
Houston robotics co. closes series B after year of growth
Square Robot closed a 13 million Series B round, its largest to date, to fund international expansion into Europe and the Middle East.
Square Robot Closes Series B Funding Round
Square Robot closed its Series B funding round in November 2024, its largest to date, to drive domestic and international expansion across Europe and the Middle East.
Square Robot and ExxonMobil Joint Development Program
Square Robot and ExxonMobil completed a Joint Development Program to design and deploy a submersible autonomous robot for in-service tank inspection, with successful deployment at…
Square Robot Signs Global Agreement with ExxonMobil for Inspection Services
Square Robot and ExxonMobil signed a global agreement to deploy and develop in-service robotic inspection services for aboveground storage tanks worldwide.
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Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
Video
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Go inside a real in-service tank inspection in Houston with Square Robot's SR-1 autonomous submersible robot. Watch as the SR-1 navigates a full aboveground sto
Introducing the next generation of robotic tank inspection. The Square Robot SR-3 and its patented Side Launcher system represent a quantum leap in in-service a
Watch the Square Robot SR-3 — the world's most advanced in-service tank inspection robot — being assembled from the ground up. This time-lapse captures the prec
Square Robot, a leader in robotic tank inspection technology, announces its new Global Service and Training Facility in Houston. The facility highlights cutting
This video shows a submersible inspection robot performing an in-service water tank inspection using a top-launch deployment method. The inspection is completed
Reality vs attention
Square Robot draws attention at the 86th percentile but verifies reality at the 67th percentile among underwater robots. Hype Gap +19.7, 7th widest among underwater robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Funded with institutional backing on record. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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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.
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Last computed: Aug 18, 2026