The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies SynTouch: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
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Key facts
HQ
Type
Product
Technology
Focus
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company SynTouch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Shadow Robot1× joint
Most recent
SynTouch on the deployment map
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Relationships
Former / Previously (1)
- Gerald Loeb Founding CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for SynTouch.
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
SynTouch in third-party press
Synthetic Touch: Haptic Data is Revolutionizing Consumer Products - viterbischool.usc.edu
Tactile Telerobot brings human-like dexterity to robots - The Robot Report
Jeff Bezos took the controls of some 'weirdly natural' giant robot hands but could not solve the riddle of a Rubik's cube - businessinsider.com
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating · 1 ended
Every company SynTouch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Shadow Robot1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- syn-touch x Shadow RobotwithShadow Robotdevelopment—dissolvedoperating
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 (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-06
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SynTouch.Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SynTouch from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Synthetic Touch: Haptic Data is Revolutionizing Consumer Products - viterbischool.usc.edu
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Tactile Telerobot brings human-like dexterity to robots - The Robot Report
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Jeff Bezos took the controls of some 'weirdly natural' giant robot hands but could not solve the riddle of a Rubik's cube - businessinsider.com
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Jeff Bezos Plays With Huge Robotic Hands, Calls Them ‘Weirdly Natural’ - Newsweek
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Robot hand with sense of touch lets humans handle delicate objects from a great distance - Dezeen
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First haptic robot hand transmits touch across the Atlantic - newelectronics.co.uk
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Inside SynTouch, the Mad Lab Giving Robots the Power to Feel - WIRED
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SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do - WIRED
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Startup Spotlight: SynTouch Seeks to Enable Robots With 'Machine Touch' - IEEE Spectrum
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Tactile robot finger outperforms humans in identifying textures - New Atlas
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/syn-touch.md
- RSS feed: /companies/syn-touch/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b05ec015-dfd0-4984-a65a-39a173859654
- Revision history: /companies/syn-touch/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
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
SynTouch draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Oct 4, 2026