The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Vault Robotics: 1 model. 3 sources back the record.
CategorySidewalk delivery
Overview
Vault Robotics is an early-stage robotics startup and Princeton University spinout from the Safe Robotics Lab , 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.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
News coverage
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Web sources
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Robert Shi Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Jaime Fernández Fisac Co-founder & Chief Technical Consultantsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Robert Shicofounder
- Jaime Fernández Fisaccofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Vault Robotics.
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 →
Vault Robotics on the data-center map
Every verified data center Vault Robotics operates that has a mapped coordinate (4 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
Vault Robotics data centers (4)
- Data Foundry 00 (Austin 1)Austin · operating
- Houston 2Houston · 60 MW
- Data Foundry 02 (Texas 2)Austin · 36 MW
- Data Foundry 01 (Texas 1)Austin · 12 MW
AI data centers Vault Robotics operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
Vault Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Princeton Grant Funding2023-07-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Vault Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPrinceton Grant Funding funding round
2023-07-01Princeton Grant Funding
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 19, 2026
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Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
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- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Vault Robotics.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Vault Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Want Your Packages Delivered Faster and Cheaper? AI Is on the Way
Wall Street Journal features Vault Robotics in its AI delivery report, highlighting the Princeton spinout's van-to-door robot concept for last-mile parcel delivery.
Jaime Fisac: Package delivery robot for the 'last 50 feet'
Princeton Office of Innovation profiles Vault Robotics, a spinout from the Safe Robotics Lab developing van-to-doorstep delivery robots that combine wheels and legs for curbs,…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/vault-data-foundry.md
- RSS feed: /companies/vault-data-foundry/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b5bab54a-e3a4-4c29-b8b0-ddfd9ed2df11
- Revision history: /companies/vault-data-foundry/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Serve Robotics3 models
- Also2 models
- Avride2 models
- Coco Robotics2 models
- Daxbot2 models
Video
Deep under the surface of a busy university library, robots are controlling a hidden bunker filled with books that once collected dust on the shelf. Read more:
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A journey of a thousand miles may begin with a single step, but the most difficult part of a package's journey is the last 50 feet. As seen in the interview ab
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Reality vs attention
Vault Robotics draws attention at the 25th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 38 months ago.
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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: Aug 29, 2026