Jibo is made by Jibo, based in Boston, MA.

Where is Jibo deployed?

No verified deployments of Jibo are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Jibo 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.

Jibo · DEPLOY

Name: Jibo
Brand: Jibo

Overview

Jibo Inc. was a US social robotics company founded in 2012 by MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal; the Jibo robot was a desktop companion featuring a three-axis expressive display, two cameras, microphone array, and touch sensors for face tracking, voice interaction, and emotional expression. It shipped in 2017 at $899 and the company wound down in late 2018; servers were shut down in March 2019 after the company raised approximately $73M.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments: None on file
Sources on file: 2 sources, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Jibo.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

Cynthia Breazeal Unveils Jibo, a Social Robot for the Home - IEEE Spectrum · https://spectrum.ieee.org/cynthia-breazeal-unveils-jibo-a-social-robot-for-the-home
Jibo - ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics · https://robotsguide.com/robots/jibo

Common questions

What is Jibo?: Jibo Inc. was a US social robotics company founded in 2012 by MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal; the Jibo robot was a desktop companion featuring a three-axis expressive display, two cameras, microphone array, and touch sensors for face tracking, voice interaction, and emotional expression. It shipped in 2017 at $899 and the company wound down in late 2018; servers were shut down in March 2019 after the company raised approximately $73M.
Who makes Jibo?: Jibo is made by Jibo, based in Boston, MA.
Where is Jibo deployed?: No verified deployments of Jibo are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Jibo safe?: Jibo 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 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: companion_robot

Sources by quality tier

1: secondary-industry-publication; Industry publication
1: unclassified; Unclassified source

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

No press coverage on file for Jibo yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /models/jibo-jibo.md
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/models/02c7c287-cf83-4dd1-ab52-ad928dcabf9d
Revision history: /models/jibo-jibo/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

DEPLOY Intelligence Score

0.0/ 100

vs 6 months ago

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 25% of Companion Robot

Analysis

Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.

Signal flags

No new deployment (12 months)

Dimension breakdown

Safety Record

95.0LOW

Adoption Spread

40.0LOW

IP Activity

5.0LOW

Deployment Scale

0.0LOW

Market Presence

0.0LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

Last computed: Jul 3, 2026

Intelligence layer