# Watney: robotics company

Canonical ID: `90e1f227-1f92-4ca5-abfb-d75a0e09ef1c`

## Key facts

- **Total raised (company-claimed):** Over $100M including the Series A.
- **Focus:** Dexterous autonomous robots for building and operating data center and supercomputing infrastructure.
- **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](/locations/waymo-fleet-usa.md).
- **Other Series A backers:** Valor Atreides AI Fund (co-lead), A* and Grant Gordon.
- **Founders (reported, unconfirmed):** Ryan Gannon and Sean Cheong.

- **Slug:** watney
- **Status:** private
- **Funding total (USD):** 100000000

## Models

_No models registered._

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is Watney?

[San Francisco](/locations/san-francisco-ca.md) 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](/investors/hummingbird-ventures.md), bringing total raised above $100M (company-claimed). Says it has served major hyperscalers since 2025; customer names are not listed in the company announcement.

### 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.


## Sources (2)

1. https://watney.com/media/introducing-watney
2. https://watneyrobotics.com/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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