The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies The Bot Company: 2 models, $552.0M raised, 3 active incidents. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
AI-native robotics startup building non-Humanoid home robots designed to handle household chores and daily tasks. Co-founded in 2024 by former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, former Tesla AI tech lead Paril Jain, and former Cruise engineer Luke Holoubek. The San Francisco-based company is developing robots equipped with a base and grips, powered by AI models that learn to perform new tasks, aiming to give people more time for meaningful pursuits.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- 3 incidents on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Founder (reported, unconfirmed)
Product (reported, unconfirmed)
Valuation (reported, Mar 2025)
Funding (reported, unconfirmed)
Data & sources
News coverage
2
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
The Bot Company Home Robot
A non-humanoid household robot with a wheeled base and articulated gripper arms, designed to autonomously pick up, organize, and clean household items. Resembles a low coffee table on wheels with an articulated arm and dual grippers.
Current platform
Bot Company Home Robot
Non-humanoid household robot equipped with a base and grips, designed to perform household chores and daily tasks. The robot is powered by AI models that enable it to learn new tasks and adapt to home environments. Currently in prototype stage with no public release.
The Bot Company on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Luke Holoubek Co-founder & Engineersecondary-verified
- Kyle Vogt Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
- Paril Jain Co-founder and CTOsecondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Kyle Vogtcofounder
previously at Cruise
- Paril Jaincofounder
previously at Tesla
- Luke Holoubekcofounder
Safety record
3 incidents on record (1 moderate, 2 minor). Most recent: May 2026.
Most recent: May 2026
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting The Bot Company (3)
- Airbnb host sues The Bot Company for unauthorized robot testing causing property damage2026-05-26 · Property damage
- Bot Company sued for secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, damaging properties2026-04-12 · Property damage
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Recent coverage
The Bot Company in third-party press
Peers
239 peers across 2 segments. Every The Bot Company competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
humanoid(95)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agility Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (9)
Registry pages whose text names The Bot Company.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (2)
People (3)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $552.0M
- Employees
- 70
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Funding rounds (2)
The Bot Company’s 2 disclosed rounds, $300M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series A2025-03-21
$150M(reported) · $2.0B post
Investors: Spark Capital, Greenoaks Capital (lead)
- Series A2024-05-14
$150M(reported) · $550M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in The Bot Company’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2025-10-28Series B raising $250000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2025-10-28Series B
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-03-21Series A raising $150000000
Funding roundSeries A-X funding round
2025-01-15Series A-X raising $150000000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2024-05-22Seed raising $150000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-05-13Series A raising $150000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 30, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedMay 26, 2026
Airbnb host sues The Bot Company for unauthorized robot testing causing property damage
- Incident recordedApr 12, 2026
Bot Company sued for secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, damaging properties
- Incident recordedApr 1, 2026
The Bot Company faces class action lawsuit for allegedly not paying contract workers
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for The Bot Company.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning The Bot Company from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Controversial SF robot startup faces class action lawsuit for allegedly not paying workers
Former contract workers sue The Bot Company (Botco) for unpaid overtime wages, expenses, and termination pay; lawsuit obtained class action status in June 2026.
Kyle Vogt's Bot Company is being sued for turning an Airbnb into a robot lab
A San Francisco Airbnb host is suing The Bot Company for allegedly using his home as a secret robot testing lab, finding a six-foot prototype and extensive property damage.
An SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims
A lawsuit alleges Bot Company employees rented Airbnbs under false pretenses to test household robots, damaging properties across the Bay Area.
Cruise Founder Kyle Vogt's Robotics Startup Eyes $4 Billion Valuation
The Bot Company is set to raise $250 million in a funding round valuing the startup at more than $4 billion.
The Bot Company, led by Kyle Vogt, brings in another 50M
The Bot Company raises 50M led by Greenoaks at a billion valuation, with participation from prior investors including Spark Capital and Nat Friedman.
Former Cruise CEO Vogt's robotics startup valued at $2 billion in new funding
The Bot Company raises $150M in a round led by Greenoaks, valuing the startup at $2 billion less than a year after launch.
Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt launches new venture
Kyle Vogt launches The Bot Company with 50M in funding, co-founded with former Tesla AI lead Paril Jain and former Cruise engineer Luke Holoubek.
Cruise founder Kyle Vogt is back with a robot startup
Kyle Vogt announces The Bot Company, a household robotics startup, with $150M in seed funding from Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Spark Capital, and Stripe's Collison brothers.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/the-bot-company.md
- RSS feed: /companies/the-bot-company/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5a32a456-5882-4ec2-a7a2-31fb70b01153
- Revision history: /companies/the-bot-company/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
Video
Today we're going behind the scenes at Addverb Technologies Bot Valley factory to explore the Advanced Robotics Lab where they're building actuators, quadruped
Kyle Vogt is a serial entrepreneur and engineer often recognized as the co-founder and former CEO of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company acquired by General
Kyle Vogt joins Sarah and Elad on this week’s episode of No Priors. A serial entrepreneur, Kyle co-founded Twitch, transforming live streaming, and later Cruise
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
The Bot Company draws attention at the 81st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Well-capitalized with $300M raised. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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 28, 2026