The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Standard Bots: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $263.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Glen Cove, New York-based manufacturer of AI-native industrial robot arms, founded in 2017. Standard Bots makes six-axis programmable robot arms with payloads from 7kg to 30kg, designed to be taught through demonstration rather than coding. The company's customers include Sunoco, Lockheed martin, Amazon, NASA, and the U.S.
Army. Standard Bots is America's largest manufacturer of AI-native industrial robotics and a leading advisor to the White House and Congress on a National Robotics Strategy, advocating for domestic robotics manufacturing and policy support.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
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Customers
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Series C
Series B
Products
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Standard Bots on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Standard Bots's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Standard Bots deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Evan Beard Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Engineerreported, not verified
- David Golden Co-Founderreported, not verified
- James Cordle Co-Founderreported, not verified
Founders (3)
- Evan Beardcofounder
later founded Robot.com
- David Goldencofounder
- James Cordlecofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Standard Bots.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Standard Bots2 deployments
Recent coverage
Standard Bots in third-party press
Peers
21 peers across 1 segment. Every Standard Bots competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
cobot(21)
19 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2089.586283779087) · leader Doosan Robotics at 2849%
- AUBO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Agile Robotsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- DENSO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Dobotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Doosan Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ELITE Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $263.0M
- 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.
Funding rounds (2)
Standard Bots’s 2 disclosed rounds, $263M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C2026-06-09
$200M(reported) · $1.0B post
Investors: RoboStrategy, General Catalyst, Amazon, Samsung Next, BoxGroup, GiantLeap Capital
- Series B2024-04-23
$63M(reported) · $504M post
Investors: General Catalyst, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund
Timeline
Every recorded move in Standard Bots’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2026-06-09Series C raising $200000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2024-04-23Series B raising $63000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 2, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
RO1 at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
RO1 at Germany, Europe
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Standard Bots.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Standard Bots from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Top 10 robotics developments of June 2026
Humanoid robots made many headlines in June 2026, whether it be for companies going public, new deployments, or hitting production milestones. The post Top 10 robotics…
Standard Bots Raises 00 Million Series C at Billion Valuation to Scale American-Made, AI-Native Industrial Robots
Standard Bots raised 00M Series C led by RoboStrategy and General Catalyst at a B valuation, expanding its Glen Cove NY manufacturing footprint for AI-native robot arms and…
Standard Bots raises 00M to expand U.S. manufacturing footprint
Standard Bots raises 00M Series C at B valuation to scale American-made AI-native industrial robot arms, expanding its Glen Cove NY manufacturing facility.
Standard Bots Expands Production Facility and Unveils New 30kg Payload Robot
Standard Bots unveiled a new 16,000 sq ft factory in Glen Cove, NY, doubling production capacity, and debuted a 30kg payload robot at Automate 2025.
Standard Bots raises 3M to accelerate AI in robotics
Standard Bots announced 3M in Series B funding led by General Catalyst to accelerate AI development in industrial robotics.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/standard-bots.md
- RSS feed: /companies/standard-bots/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c55a06da-b082-4770-ad8c-f29f41ef7b6e
- Revision history: /companies/standard-bots/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
RO1 is the most advanced, yet most affordable, six-axis robot available today. Capable of seeing its surroundings and easy to integrate into any manufacturing and machining setup, RO1 is ready to help you build anything
Experience the future of American-made robotics at our brand-new 16,000 sq ft Standard Bots factory in Glen Cove, NY! 🇺🇸🚀 In this video, join Co‑founder & C
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Standard Bots draws attention at the 70th percentile but verifies reality at the 35th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +34.3, 68th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $263M raised and recent funding activity. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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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: Oct 3, 2026