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Alpha development platform Kyle; first-generation product Vesoma 1 under development with an early-2027 unveil target.","status":"private","founded":2025,"hq":"Munich, Germany; Limassol, Cyprus","hqLat":null,"hqLng":null,"hqGeocodedAt":null,"hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"https://vesoma.com","fundingTotal":null,"type":"both","roles":["robot_maker"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":0,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://vesoma.com/news/introducing-vesoma","title":"Introducing Vesoma","sourceName":"Vesoma","publishedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"url":"https://vesoma.com/","title":"Vesoma (company site; Vesoma 1 design visualisation note)","sourceName":"Vesoma","publishedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"url":"https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/vesoma-emerges-stealth-humanoid-robot","title":"Vesoma Emerges From Stealth With a Humanoid Built to Learn","sourceName":"Humanoids Daily","publishedAt":"2026-09-23"},{"url":"https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/munich-stealth-humanoid-startup-shows-kyle-prototype-targets-2027-reveal","title":"Munich stealth startup shows walking humanoid Kyle, targets early 2027 reveal","sourceName":"Humanoids Daily","publishedAt":"2026-09-14"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"HQ / founding","value":"European physical AI / humanoid company. Founded December 2025 by Nikolai Ensslen (co-founder of Synapticon motion-control / functional safety) and Peter Skoromnyi (co-founder of Easybrain). Operates from Munich, Germany, and Limassol, Cyprus. Company-stated ([company-stated](https://vesoma.com/news/introducing-vesoma))"},{"label":"Team size + labs (company-stated, Sep 2026)","value":"Company-stated ([company-stated](https://vesoma.com/news/introducing-vesoma)): more than 60 people; fitted out over 3,500 square metres of lab and office space in Munich and Limassol; designed, built and walked first humanoid prototypes within six months on a self-learned locomotion policy"},{"label":"CAIO Martin Riedmiller (company-stated)","value":"Company-stated ([company-stated](https://vesoma.com/news/introducing-vesoma); also [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/vesoma-emerges-stealth-humanoid-robot)): Chief AI Officer Martin Riedmiller, formerly Research Director (and Control Team lead per Humanoids Daily) at Google DeepMind"},{"label":"Design lead Optimus/Apollo pedigree (reported)","value":"Reported ([reported](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/vesoma-emerges-stealth-humanoid-robot)): Humanoids Daily says Vesoma identifies Marcelo Gutierrez as head of design, crediting earlier work on Tesla Optimus, Apptronik Apollo, and Cartwheel Yogi. Cap: secondary reporting on company leadership page/media kit; not restated in the Sep 22 Introducing Vesoma boilerplate"},{"label":"Approach: self-improving physical agent (company-stated)","value":"Company-stated ([company-stated](https://vesoma.com/news/introducing-vesoma)): builds physical general intelligence with agent and body developed as one; learns physical work from own interaction rather than imitation-only demos. Explicit limits: not for weapons, military, or surveillance (directly or indirectly)"},{"label":"European humanoid PGI","value":"Vesoma describes Physical General Intelligence humanoid robots built in Europe that learn from the real world with safety designed in from the start ([Vesoma](https://vesoma.com/)).","sourceUrl":"https://vesoma.com/"}],"aliases":["Vesoma GmbH","Vesoma Physical AI"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-09-29T18:03:43.065Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T21:19:39.289Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/vesoma","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/vesoma","name":"Vesoma","alternateName":["Vesoma GmbH","Vesoma Physical AI"],"description":"European physical AI company founded in December 2025 by Nikolai Ensslen (Synapticon co-founder) and Peter Skoromnyi (Easybrain co-founder). 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