# XDOF: robotics company

Canonical ID: `4692484d-ca9d-4ae6-8631-93485afc7c08`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$70M (emerged from stealth Jun 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Founded:** October 2024
- **HQ:** San Francisco, CA
- **Investors:** [Thrive Capital](/investors/thrive-capital.md), [Spark Capital](/investors/spark-capital.md), a16z, Lux, [WndrCo](/investors/wndrco.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Employees:** ~60
- **Customers:** 20 (including frontier AI labs)

- **Slug:** xdof
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** San Francisco, CA
- **Funding total (USD):** 70000000

## Models

- [XDOF Teleoperation Platform](/models/xdof-teleoperation-platform.md) (other) (id: `390456cd-f3a7-4867-8479-41d0ec109931`)

## Current leadership (6)

- [Philipp Wu](/people/philipp-wu.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Philipp Wu](/people/philipp-wu.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Fred Shentu](/people/fred-shentu.md) CTO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Fred Shentu](/people/fred-shentu.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Nemo Jin](/people/nemo-jin.md) COO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Nemo Jin](/people/nemo-jin.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (1)

- [XDOF x UC Berkeley AI Research Lab](/partnerships/xdof-x-uc-berkeley-ai-research-lab.md) with UC Berkeley AI Research Lab _development_

## 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._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is XDOF?

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.

### What does XDOF make?

XDOF has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: XDOF Teleoperation Platform (XDOF builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Who competes with XDOF?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to XDOF building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, Robotphoenix, Lightwheel.

### Where is XDOF headquartered?

XDOF is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

### How much funding has XDOF raised?

XDOF has raised approximately $70M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does XDOF operate robots?

XDOF is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was XDOF founded?

XDOF was founded in 2024.


## Sources (2)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/collecting-robot-training-data-is-dirty-unglamorous-work-some-ai-labs-are-already-paying-xdof-to-do-it/
2. https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/17/robotic-teleoperation-data-startup-xdof-launches-with-70m-in-funding/

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