Company

Watney

San Francisco robotics company building dual-arm systems for hyperscale data-center work (cabling and related maintenance).

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Status: Private

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Watney: $100.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.

Funding

$100.0M

Overview

San Francisco robotics company building dual-arm systems for hyperscale data-center work (cabling and related maintenance). Announced an $80M Series A on September 17, 2026, co-led by Valor Atreides AI Fund and Hummingbird Ventures, bringing total raised above $100M (company-claimed). Says it has served major hyperscalers since 2025; customer names are not listed in the company announcement.

Reality check

Total raised (company-claimed)

Over $100M including the Series A.

Customers (company-claimed)

Has served the largest hyperscalers since 2025 through an end-to-end deployment model.

Reliability (company-claimed)

More than four nines of reliability across hundreds of thousands of hours in customer facilities.

Fleet (company-claimed)

Largest fleet of dexterous robots running 24/7 in the United States.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Focus

Dexterous autonomous robots for building and operating data center and supercomputing infrastructure.

Other Series A backers

Valor Atreides AI Fund (co-lead), A* and Grant Gordon.

Founders (reported, unconfirmed)

Ryan Gannon and Sean Cheong.

Data & sources

Web sources

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Watney on the deployment map

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Relationships

HHummingbird VenturesInvestor CConvictionInvestor AAbstract VenturesInvestor

Safety record

No incidents on record for Watney.

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Financial state

Total funding: $100.0M

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Funding rounds (1)

Series A2026-09-17
$80M
Investors: Hummingbird Ventures (co_lead), Conviction (follow), Abstract Ventures (follow)

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Recent activity

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Record createdSep 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (2)

Common questions

What is Watney?

What does Watney make?

Watney has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Watney builds physical robots.

Is Watney publicly traded?

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

How can I invest in Watney?

Watney is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $100M in disclosed funding.

How much funding has Watney raised?

Watney has raised approximately $100M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Who owns Watney?

Watney is privately held and venture-backed ($100M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Is Watney a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Watney ranks in roughly the top 7% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Watney safe?

Watney 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 · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-12

Sources by quality tier

2: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.