Tetsuwan Scientific

Current leadership (2)

• Theo Schafer CTO & Co-founderreported, not verified
• Cristian Ponce CEO & Co-founderreported, not verified

Founders (2)

• Cristian Poncecofounder
• Theo Schafercofounder

Safety record

No incidents on record for Tetsuwan Scientific.

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Peer companies

• DJI7 models
• Boston Dynamics5 models
• ATI Industrial Automation2 models
• Embodied2 models
• EverestLabs2 models
• Forth Engineering2 models

Financial state

Reporting basis

private_reported

Lifecycle stage

early

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Funding rounds (1)

• Seed2024-11-19

  $3M(reported)

  Investors: 2048 Ventures, Carbon Silicon, Everywhere Ventures

Sources (1)

1. https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/first-autonomous-robotic-scientist-launched-as-tetsuwan-scientific-secures-2-7m ↗

Common questions

What is Tetsuwan Scientific?

Tetsuwan Scientific is a San Francisco-based startup developing autonomous AI scientists that merge robotics and artificial intelligence to conduct laboratory experiments independently. Founded in 2023 by Cristian Ponce (CEO) and Theo Schafer (CTO), the company's AI-powered robotic systems use modified white-label lab robots to perform high-sophistication tasks, react to data, reason, and make decisions. Tetsuwan has deployed its inaugural autonomous AI system in a rare disease gene therapeutics lab.

Where is Tetsuwan Scientific based?

Tetsuwan Scientific is based in San Francisco, CA, USA.

When was Tetsuwan Scientific founded?

Tetsuwan Scientific was founded in 2023.

What does Tetsuwan Scientific make?

Tetsuwan Scientific has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Tetsuwan AI Scientist (Tetsuwan Scientific builds physical robots).

Where does Tetsuwan Scientific operate robots?

Tetsuwan Scientific is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is Tetsuwan Scientific safe?

Tetsuwan Scientific has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.