Overview
Physical AI data infrastructure startup building teleoperation systems, data pipelines, and annotation tools for robot training data. Founded October 2024 by Philipp Wu (CEO, former UC Berkeley PhD), Fred Shentu (CTO), and Nemo Jin (COO). The company emerged from stealth in June 2026 with $70M in funding from Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, a16z, Lux, and WndrCo.
Has ~60 employees and 20 customers including several frontier AI labs. Plans to build its own wearable sensors for human task data collection.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
News coverage
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (6)
- Philipp Wu CEO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Philipp Wu Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Fred Shentu CTO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Fred Shentu Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Nemo Jin COO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Nemo Jin Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for XDOF.
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Recent coverage
XDOF in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships (1)
- XDOF x UC Berkeley AI Research Lab with UC Berkeley AI Research Labdevelopment
Funding rounds (1)
- Strategic2026-06-17
$70M(reported)
Investors: Thrive Capital (lead), Spark Capital (follow), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) (follow), Lux Capital (follow), WndrCo (follow)
Recent activity
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- Record createdAug 1, 2026
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-01
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Methodology surface for XDOF.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning XDOF from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
XDOF emerges from stealth with USD 70M from Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, a16z, Lux, and WndrCo to build teleoperation data infrastructure for robotics training
Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with 70M in funding
SiliconANGLE coverage of XDOF stealth launch with USD 70M round led by Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, a16z, Lux Capital, and WndrCo, and release of ABC-130K open-source robot…
Announcing XDOF
XDOF announces its launch as a robotics infrastructure company, partnering with leading robotics labs to deliver production-scale datasets and advanced robotic systems for…
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Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Video
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Discover how XDOF is revolutionizing the way robots learn by tackling the messy job of data collection. Partnering with UC Berkeley, they aim to release the lar
XDOF is leading the way in AI robot training. Their collected data is changing the game. #Shorts
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