# Vault Robotics: delivery robot company

Canonical ID: `b5bab54a-e3a4-4c29-b8b0-ddfd9ed2df11`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** [Robert Shi](/people/robert-shi.md)
- **Co-founder:** [Jaime Fernández Fisac](/people/jaime-fisac.md) (Assistant Professor, Princeton University; ex-Waymo Research Scientist)
- **Spinout:** Princeton Safe Robotics Lab
- **Stage:** Early-stage (pre-seed, grant-funded)
- **Funding:** [Princeton IP Accelerator Award; Faculty New Ventures Fund; NSF I-Corps Northeast Hub](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **HQ:** Princeton, NJ, USA

- **Slug:** vault-data-foundry
- **Status:** private (early-stage, pre-seed)
- **Founded:** 2023
- **HQ:** Princeton, NJ, USA
- **Category:** [Sidewalk delivery](/sidewalk-delivery)

## Models

- [Vault Delivery Robot](/models/vault-delivery-robot.md) (sidewalk) (id: `3ed082dc-e412-4113-a1f7-0b3ff3ae0367`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Robert Shi](/people/robert-shi.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Jaime Fernández Fisac](/people/jaime-fisac.md) Co-founder & Chief Technical Consultant (secondary-verified)

## 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 Vault Robotics?

Vault Robotics is an early-stage robotics startup and [Princeton University](https://www.princeton.edu) spinout from the [Safe Robotics Lab](https://saferobotics.princeton.edu/), developing autonomous delivery robots for the last 50 feet of package delivery. The company combines wheeled and legged locomotion to navigate curbs, stairs, and irregular terrain, ferrying parcels from delivery vans to customer doorsteps with safety guarantees derived from control theory and game theory. Founded in 2023 by Princeton professor Jaime Fernández Fisac and his former student Robert Shi, the company is in prototype development and actively exploring pilot programs.

### What does Vault Robotics make?

Vault Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Vault Delivery Robot (Vault Robotics builds physical robots).

### Is Vault Robotics publicly traded?

No. Vault Robotics is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Vault Robotics?

Vault Robotics is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is Vault Robotics headquartered?

Vault Robotics is headquartered in Princeton, NJ, USA.

### Who owns Vault Robotics?

Vault Robotics is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does Vault Robotics operate robots?

Vault 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.


## Sources (3)

1. https://www.vaultrobotics.ai/about
2. https://innovation.princeton.edu/news/2023/jaime-fisac-package-delivery-robot-%E2%80%98last-50-feet%E2%80%99
3. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-delivery-faster-cheaper-37566215

## The verified answers

- [Delivery robot specs compared](/delivery-robot-specs-compared.md)
- [Where do delivery robots operate?](/where-do-delivery-robots-operate.md)
- [Sidewalk robot laws: every US state and major market](/sidewalk-robot-laws.md)
- [How fast can delivery robots go? Speed limits by city](/robot-speed-limits.md)
- [Physical-AI company valuations: ranked, verified vs claimed](/valuations.md)
- [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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