# Trener Robotics: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `b6100cde-05a2-4062-98bd-233062fbc7ef`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Dr. [Asad Tirmizi](/people/asad-tirmizi.md)
- **CTO:** Dr. [Lars Tingelstad](/people/lars-tingelstad.md)
- **Also headquartered in:** Trondheim, Norway
- **Formerly known as:** T-ROBOTICS
- **Total funding:** [$38M+ (Seed + Series A)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Product:** [Acteris](/models/acteris.md) (robot-agnostic AI skills platform)
- **Go-to-market focus:** CNC machine tending
- **Compatible robot brands:** [ABB](/companies/abb.md), Universal Robots, FANUC
- **Partners:** 15+ solution and integration partners across Europe and US
- **ABB AI Startup Challenge:** Winner (2024)
- **EMO Hannover MTI Award:** Machine Tool Innovation Award (2025)

- **Slug:** trener-robotics
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** San Francisco, CA, USA

## Models

- [Acteris](/models/acteris.md) (other) (id: `7094f140-23a0-4429-a558-85912fde0140`)
- [Trener Skill Platform](/models/trener-skill-platform.md) (other) (id: `a00689a8-4cf3-494e-974e-f9a34bbe0ada`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Asad Tirmizi](/people/asad-tirmizi.md) Co-Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Lars Tingelstad](/people/lars-tingelstad.md) Co-Founder & CTO (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [Trener Robotics x Nikon](/partnerships/trener-robotics-x-nikon.md) with Nikon Corporation _investment_
- [Trener Robotics x ABB](/partnerships/trener-robotics-x-abb.md) with ABB _deployment_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Trener Robotics?

Trener Robotics (formerly T-ROBOTICS) develops Acteris, a robot-agnostic AI skills platform that enables industrial robots to learn tasks through training rather than hard-coded instructions. The platform combines vision, language, and action understanding to deliver pre-trained, production-ready robotic skills — starting with CNC machine tending — for ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC robot arms. Co-founded in 2024 by CEO Dr. Asad Tirmizi and CTO Dr. Lars Tingelstad, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and Trondheim, Norway.

### What does Trener Robotics make?

Trener Robotics has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Acteris, Trener Skill Platform (Trener Robotics builds robot foundation models or autonomy software).

### Where is Trener Robotics headquartered?

Trener Robotics is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.

### Where does Trener Robotics operate robots?

Trener Robotics 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 Trener Robotics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Trener Robotics ranks in roughly the top 12% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260210315522/en/Trener-Robotics-raises-%2432M-Series-A-to-bring-Physical-Intelligence-to-Industrial-Automation-Providing-a-Foundational-Intelligence-Layer-that-Enables-Software-Defined-Control-of-Robots
2. https://trener.ai/company

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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