The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Tangram Vision: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $2.3M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Boulder, CO-based perception infrastructure company (founded 2020) that builds MetriCal, a multi-sensor calibration and reliability platform for robotics, AVs, drones, and autonomous systems. The team of ex-Occipital engineers focuses on automating camera, LiDAR, and IMU calibration so fleets can operate with confidence, and holds a Nasa Phase II SBIR for operator-free calibration on the lunar surface.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
COO (departed)
Product
NASA Phase II SBIR
Prior company
Data & sources
Press releases
1
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Partnerships
Every company Tangram Vision has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Kodiak Robotics1× joint6 total
- 2Saronic Technologies1× joint5 total
- 3Venturi Astrolab1× joint1 total
- 4Wayve1× joint7 total
Most recent
- Tangram Vision x Wayve2026-02-26with Wayveoperating
- Tangram Vision x Kodiak Robotics2026-02-17with Kodiak Roboticsoperating
- Tangram Vision x Venturi Astrolab2026-02-06with Venturi Astrolaboperating
- Tangram Vision x Saronic Technologies2025-11-12with Saronic Technologiesoperating
Tangram Vision on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Tangram Vision's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Tangram Vision deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Brandon Minor CEO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Adam Rodnitzkyno longer at company
- Brandon Minor
Former / Previously (1)
- Adam Rodnitzky Co-founder & COOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Tangram Vision.
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)
- Tangram Vision2 deployments
Recent coverage
Tangram Vision in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $2.3M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships
4 total · 4 operating
Every company Tangram Vision has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Tangram Vision x Wayve2026-02-26with Wayveoperating
- Tangram Vision x Kodiak Robotics2026-02-17with Kodiak Roboticsoperating
- Tangram Vision x Venturi Astrolab2026-02-06with Venturi Astrolaboperating
- Tangram Vision x Saronic Technologies2025-11-12with Saronic Technologiesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Kodiak Robotics1× joint6 total
- 2Saronic Technologies1× joint5 total
- 3Venturi Astrolab1× joint1 total
- 4Wayve1× joint7 total
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology2026-02-26operating
- technology2026-02-17operating
- technology2026-02-06operating
- technology2025-11-12operating
Funding rounds (2)
Tangram Vision’s 2 disclosed rounds, $2M in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2025-07-31
$849,858(reported) · $4M post
- Seed2021-03-29
$2M(reported) · $6M post
Investors: 2048 Ventures (lead), Dynamo Ventures (follow), Trucks VC (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Tangram Vision’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipTangram Vision x Wayve
2026-02-26Wayve built production calibration infrastructure using MetriCal to support 24/7 training data collection for its embodied AI autonomous driving system.
PartnershipTangram Vision x Kodiak Robotics
2026-02-17Kodiak Robotics uses Tangram Vision's MetriCal calibration workflows for its autonomous trucking fleet, ensuring sensor stacks remain calibrated for on-road operations.
PartnershipTangram Vision x Venturi Astrolab
2026-02-06Astrolab deploys autonomous rovers on the Moon using MetriCal for calibration, supporting the development of the lunar economy and NASA's Artemis program.
PartnershipTangram Vision x Saronic Technologies
2025-11-12Saronic Technologies accelerated production of its autonomous surface vessels using MetriCal Enterprise for sensor calibration workflows.
Funding roundOther funding round
2025-07-31Other raising $849858
Funding roundSeed funding round
2021-03-29Seed raising $1500000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
MetriCal at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
MetriCal at Germany, Europe
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Tangram Vision.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 Tangram Vision from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Tangram Vision Awarded NASA Grant for Operator-free Calibration in Space
NASA awards Tangram Vision a Phase II SBIR for continuous perception calibration without human intervention to support the Artemis lunar program.
Re-introducing Tangram Vision
Tangram Vision refocuses exclusively on calibration, shelving HiFi sensor and TVMux streaming to concentrate on MetriCal.
Tangram Vision packs AI skills onto HiFi 3D sensor
Tangram Vision launches HiFi 3D depth sensor on Kickstarter, a plug-and-play depth perception module for robotics with onboard AI capabilities.
Our Investment in Tangram Vision
2048 Ventures announces seed investment in Tangram Vision, a perception DevOps company simplifying sensor calibration for robotics.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/tangram-vision.md
- RSS feed: /companies/tangram-vision/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/040fa51c-7073-4195-855c-c521360ceb1b
- Revision history: /companies/tangram-vision/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
Tangram Vision has launched HiFi, a new high-resolution 3D sensor on Kickstarter! You can back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tangramvision/hifi-
Learn the basics of Camera-IMU calibration in this quick tutorial video. Brandon walks you through why we use the hardware we do, as well as the most consistent
Tangram Vision is proud to present MetriCal: affordable, enterprise-grade multimodal calibration made easy, for robotics and autonomy. --- Tangram Vision makes
With TVMux, reliable sensor operation is as simple as plugging in. In this video, we demonstrate instant-on and instant-off streaming with four Intel RealSense
Aren't depth sensors a solved challenge for robotics? If they were, why are there new depth sensors being introduced every year? In our latest webinar, we go in
In this 45-minute webinar, Brandon Minor, Tangram Vision's CEO and co-founder, talks about the pros and cons of current and future-leaning perception sensor mod
Brandon explains why targets are used in traditional calibration, MetriCal's target designs, and ideas and concepts to consider when calibrating. --- Tangram V
Brandon demonstrates what a good single camera data collection may look like based on the advice covered in the previous tutorials. --- Tangram Vision makes it
Welcome to the world of calibration! Brandon explains what calibration is, what Tangram Vision does, and how we help. Big thanks to Dockware (https://www.dockw
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Heat Index
Category contender83/100
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
Tangram Vision draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the 35th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +15.6, 112th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category 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: Sep 24, 2026