# Adam Sachs: person

Canonical ID: `8fd6b387-5e03-47ec-829c-d56d0685ad52`

Co-founder and CEO of Vicarious Surgical (2014-2024); met co-founder Sammy Khalifa at MIT. Led company through $1.1B SPAC merger with D8 Holdings (October 2021) and public listing (NYSE: RBOT). Company entered going-concern and was delisted March 2024. Raised over $1.1B total but failed to achieve FDA clearance before capital ran out.

- **Verification posture:** verified

## Foundings (1)

- [Vicarious Surgical](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/vicarious-surgical.md) founded 2014-01-01 (cofounder) _no longer at company_

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Vicarious Surgical](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/vicarious-surgical.md) Co-founder & CEO (2014-01-01 to 2024-03-01) (secondary-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://www.vicarioussurgical.com/article/vicarious-surgical-inc-and-d8-holdings-corp-announce-definitive-business-combination-agreement
2. https://www.lifesciencemarketresearch.com/videos/adam-sachs-co-founder-ceo-of-vicarious-surgical


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