Overview
Vicarious AI was an AI robotics company developing human-level intelligence for robots using schema networks. Acquired by Intrinsic (Alphabet/Google) in 2022. Pioneered AI approaches for robotic manipulation and visual reasoning.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Founded
Ownership
Status
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Vicarious has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
Most recent
Relationships
Former / Previously (2)
- D. Scott Phoenix Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Dileep George Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Vicarious.
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
Vicarious in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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.
Partnerships
1 total
Every company Vicarious has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
Funding rounds (3)
- Series C2017-09-01
- Series B2014-08-01
- Series A2012-01-01
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Intrinsicacqui hire2022-01-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Vicarious’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Acquired byAcquired by Intrinsic (Alphabet)
2022-01-01Acquired by Intrinsic (Alphabet) (acqui_hire)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-07
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Vicarious.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Vicarious from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale
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Vicarious Surgical officially shutting down
Vicarious Surgical raised about $300 million in total, most of that from a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in 2021. The post Vicarious Surgical officially…
Vicarious Surgical completes pre-clinical lab for surgical robot in hernia repair - MassDevice
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Vicarious Surgical completes testing milestone for surgical robot - MassDevice
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‘Why do we exist?’: Inside Stephen From’s business strategy to get Vicarious Surgical to the finish line - MassDevice
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This surgical robotics company sees a big opportunity in hernia repair - Medical Design & Outsourcing
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Vicarious Surgical pursues Nasdaq listing, cuts cash burn to $19M - MassDevice
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Vicarious Surgical applies for Nasdaq listing - MedTech Dive
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Vicarious Surgical Fights to Keep the Company Afloat - Medical Device and Diagnostic industry
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Vicarious Surgical faces NYSE delisting again - The Robot Report
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Vicarious Surgical receives NYSE delisting notice - MedTech Dive
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/vicarious.md
- RSS feed: /companies/vicarious/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/23ab3a03-7d95-4192-976f-fa4001f1e77d
- Revision history: /companies/vicarious/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
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 Vicarious 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 111 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 2, 2026