Company
Vicarious
Vicarious was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Union City, CA.
- Founded
- 2010
- HQ
- Union City, CA
- Status
- acquired (by Alphabet/Intrinsic, 2022)
Verified profile
1
Sources on record
1
Tracked changes
Updated 6 days ago
Last verified change
Overview
Vicarious was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Union City, CA. The company was acquired by Alphabet/Intrinsic in 2022.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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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.
Recent coverage
Vicarious in third-party press
Vicarious Surgical completes pre-clinical lab for surgical robot in hernia repair - MassDevice
Vicarious Surgical completes testing milestone for surgical robot - MassDevice
‘Why do we exist?’: Inside Stephen From’s business strategy to get Vicarious Surgical to the finish line - MassDevice
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.
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Intrinsicacqui hire
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Vicarious?
- Vicarious was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Union City, CA. The company was acquired by Alphabet/Intrinsic in 2022.
- Where is Vicarious based?
- Vicarious is based in Union City, CA.
- When was Vicarious founded?
- Vicarious was founded in 2010.
- What does Vicarious make?
- Vicarious has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Vicarious builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.
- Is Vicarious safe?
- Vicarious has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-29
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.
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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Vicarious Surgical Faces NYSE Delisting & Other Challenges - Medical Device and Diagnostic industry
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Alphabet-owned robotics software company Intrinsic joins Google - TechCrunch
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Vicarious Surgical moves toward surgical robot design freeze following successful animal lab - MassDevice
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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
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
10.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Safety Record
Market Presence
Funding Health
IP Activity
Deployment Scale
Hiring Signal
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.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
Intelligence layer