The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Viam: $87.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
Viam is a software platform for building, managing, and deploying robotics and IoT applications. Founded by Eliot Horowitz (MongoDB co-founder). Provides cloud-native robotics infrastructure for autonomous systems development.
Reality check
Focus (company-claimed)
An open-source software platform for building, deploying and managing robotics apps, from prototype to global fleet.
Fleet cloud (company-claimed)
Configuration versioning, data storage, remote connectivity, monitoring and over-the-air updates for fleets.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founder background
Robotics lab
Data & sources
Web sources
4
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Eliot Horowitz Founder & CEOsince 2020-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Eliot Horowitzsolefounded 2020-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Viam.
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 →
Recent coverage
Viam in third-party press
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Viam.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $87.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (3)
Viam’s 3 disclosed rounds, $87M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2024-03-26
$45M(reported)
Investors: Union Square Ventures, Battery Ventures
- Series A2022-02-01
$30M(reported)
Investors: Tiger Global Management (lead), Union Square Ventures, Battery Ventures
- Seed2021-06-01
$12M(reported)
Investors: Union Square Ventures (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Viam’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2024-03-26Series B raising $45000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2022-02-01Series A raising $30000000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2021-06-01Seed raising $12000000
Key hireEliot Horowitz joins as Founder & CEO
2020-01-01Eliot Horowitz appointed Founder & CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Viam.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Viam from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Programming an industrial robot arm to juggle
Mandy Meindersma posted a project on Hackster.io that asks a simple question: can a uFactory robot arm juggle? The arm is known for precision. Fast, ballistic motion is a…
IROS 2026: Viam to Showcase Box-Opening Robot
Viam plans to demonstrate BoxBot, a robotic arm designed to open taped cardboard boxes, at the IROS 2026 robotics conference in Pittsburgh. BoxBot is an ongoing research project…
Tech Mahindra partners with Viam to scale advanced robotics
Tech Mahindra Limited and Viam, Inc. Partner to Scale Advanced Robotics and Automation Solutions
Tech Mahindra and Viam partner to scale advanced robotics and automation solutions
Tech Mahindra partners with Viam to scale advanced robotics
Viam software to enable UR cobots for industrial applications
Viam Partners with Universal Robots on Industrial Automation Systems
Why this startup wants more engineers playing with robots
Setup & Teleop SO-101 Arm from Anywhere
Control a Yahboom DOFBOT arm with Viam
Viam raises $30M to scale robotics development platform
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/viam.md
- RSS feed: /companies/viam/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4ae98622-741d-473c-ad71-e34814e1ea52
- Revision history: /companies/viam/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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
Not enough verified signal yet to place Viam against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 31 months ago.
Signal flags
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 20, 2026