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Which physical AI companies produced the most founders?

The founder-diaspora graph. As of 2026-08-24, 1 founder on the DEPLOY registry have migrated across 351 parent-to-child edges.

Diaspora hubs (most founders out)

  1. 1Google9
  2. 2Clearpath Robotics8
  3. 3Tesla8
  4. 4Willow Garage5
  5. 5Amazon4
  6. 6SoftBank Robotics4
  7. 7SpaceX4
  8. 8Waymo4
  9. 91X Technologies3
  10. 10AWS3
  11. 11Basler3
  12. 12Berkshire Grey3

Absorbers (most founders in)

  1. 1Ridgeback (Clearpath)8
  2. 2Neuralink5
  3. 3Otto5
  4. 4Amazon Data Services4
  5. 5Amazon Web Services (with STACK Infrastructure)4
  6. 6OTTO Motors4
  7. 71X Technologies3
  8. 8Aldebaran Robotics3
  9. 9Argo AI3
  10. 10Auris Health3
  11. 11Autoware3
  12. 12Basler AG3

Every migration edge

Grouped by parent company (the origin), showing every founder and where they went.

Google(9)

Clearpath Robotics(8)

Tesla(8)

Willow Garage(5)

Amazon(4)

SoftBank Robotics(4)

SpaceX(4)

Waymo(4)

1X Technologies(3)

Basler(3)

Berkshire Grey(3)

Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors(3)

GrayMatter Robotics(3)

Gritt(3)

OTTO Motors(3)

Uber(3)

  • → ATOMS(founder spinout)
  • → Ike(ceo spinout)
  • → Waabi(ceo spinout)

XPeng Robotics(3)

AGCO(2)

Alibaba Group(2)

Amphenol(2)

Archer Aviation(2)

Autonomous Solutions Inc(2)

Baidu(2)

Bezos Expeditions(2)

Bitdeer Technologies(2)

Boeing Defense(2)

BYD Auto(2)

BYD Company Limited(2)

Cipher Digital(2)

Corvus Robotics(2)

DENSO Corporation(2)

DJI(2)

Dreame Technology(2)

Ecovacs Robotics(2)

Embodied(2)

EndoQuest Robotics(2)

Figure AI(2)

Havoc(2)

HavocAI(2)

Hexagon Mining(2)

Humanoid(2)

Kiwibot(2)

Kodiak AI(2)

Lifeward(2)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology(2)

Meta(2)

NAO Robot(2)

Neptune Medical(2)

Neros(2)

Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket)(2)

Oversonic Robotics(2)

Savioke(2)

Sinovation Medical(2)

SoftBank Robotics (Pepper)(2)

Stack AV(2)

Stanford University(2)

  • → Dulo(ceo spinout)
  • → Waymo(founder spinout)

Sunday(2)

TARS Robotics(2)

UBTech Robotics(2)

UNIT AI(2)

Abbott Laboratories(1)

AGCO Challenger(1)

AgiBot(1)

Agility Robotics(1)

Aligned(1)

Aligned Data Centers(1)

Amity Robotics(1)

Anduril Industries(1)

ANYbotics(1)

Apptronik(1)

ASI Security Robots(1)

Asimov Robotics(1)

Atlas Power(1)

Atom(1)

ATOUN(1)

AutoFlight(1)

AVAIO Digital(1)

Beam(1)

Bee(1)

  • → Bee(ceo spinout)

BGI Genomics(1)

Bit Digital / WhiteFiber(1)

Blockware(1)

BMW Group(1)

Boston Dynamics(1)

Bot Auto(1)

Brightpick(1)

BRINC(1)

Cainiao Network(1)

CALB Group(1)

  • → CALB(ceo spinout)

Carnegie Mellon University(1)

Chery Robotics(1)

Cipher Mining(1)

Circus SE(1)

CleanSpark(1)

Clevon(1)

CloudMinds(1)

Cobalt Robotics(1)

Cognex(1)

Cormint Data Systems(1)

Cruise(1)

Cyngn(1)

Dassault Falcon(1)

Denso Corporation(1)

Deutsche Post(1)

DEXA(1)

  • → DEXA(ceo spinout)

DJI(1)

  • → DJI(founder spinout)

Dyna Robotics(1)

ECOVACS Robotics(1)

Enchanted Tools(1)

Epirus(1)

  • → 8VC(founder spinout)

Evolution Robotics(1)

FAULHABER(1)

FAW Group(1)

Fetch Robotics(1)

Forterra(1)

General Motors(1)

Google DeepMind(1)

Greensea IQ(1)

Hadrian(1)

HEBI Robotics(1)

Horizon Robotics(1)

Hugging Face(1)

  • → UMA(founder spinout)

Humanoid(1)

Intuitive Surgical(1)

iRobot(1)

  • → EASE(founder spinout)

ITC Limited(1)

John Deere(1)

Kellanova(1)

Kiva Systems(1)

Kodiak Robotics(1)

  • → Otto(founder spinout)

Komatsu(1)

KUKA AG(1)

Labrador Systems(1)

Manna Aero(1)

maxon Group(1)

Mazor Robotics(1)

Medtech SA(1)

Medtronic(1)

Mentee Robotics(1)

Meta Platforms(1)

Mind Robotics(1)

  • → Also(founder spinout)

Mobileye(1)

Moog(1)

Motional(1)

NASA(1)

Neato Robotics(1)

Neko Health(1)

NIO(1)

  • → NIO(founder spinout)

NovAtel(1)

NSK Ltd.(1)

  • → NSK(ceo spinout)

Ondas(1)

OpenAI Robotics(1)

Ossur(1)

Oxipital AI(1)

PepsiCo(1)

Precision Neuroscience(1)

Pronto(1)

  • → Otto(founder spinout)

Quantum Systems(1)

RedZone Robotics(1)

Relay Robotics(1)

Rethink Robotics(1)

Rivian(1)

  • → Also(president spinout)

RLWRLD(1)

Robot Era(1)

Rollo Robotics(1)

Sanctuary AI(1)

Scania(1)

Science Corp(1)

SkyfireAI(1)

SoftBank Group(1)

Standard Bots(1)

Stark Defence(1)

SuitX (US Bionics)(1)

TDK Corporation(1)

Temi(1)

Terex(1)

The Bot Company(1)

Tier IV(1)

UBTech Robotics(1)

University of Tokyo(1)

Verity(1)

Volocopter(1)

Waabi(1)

  • → Ike(cto spinout)

Waypoint Robotics(1)

  • → EASE(founder spinout)

World Labs(1)

  • → Google(scientist spinout)

WORX Landroid(1)

xAI(1)

Xiaomi(1)

Xpeng AeroHT(1)

  • → XPeng(founder spinout)

ZEALS(1)

Zeekr(1)

Zeroth(1)

Zhipingfang(1)

  • → XPeng(scientist spinout)

Zhuoyu Technology(1)

  • → DJI(scientist spinout)

Zimmer Biomet(1)

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