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Gradient Ventures led a $7.6M pre-seed; company site lists starting price $29,990 and claims manufacturing/food-service field work for about a year.","status":"private","founded":null,"hq":"San Francisco, California, USA","hqLat":null,"hqLng":null,"hqGeocodedAt":null,"hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"feather.dev","fundingTotal":null,"type":"hardware","roles":[],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":0,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/24/meet-feather-the-startup-building-the-android-of-robotics-for-developers/","title":"Meet Feather, the startup building the 'Android of robotics' for developers","sourceName":"TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-09-24"},{"url":"https://feather.dev/","title":"Feather (official product site)","sourceName":"Feather (official)","publishedAt":"2026-09-24"},{"url":"https://feather.dev/technology","title":"Technology","sourceName":"Feather Robotics"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Stealth exit / developer humanoid platform (Sep 2026)","value":"Reported (TechCrunch, Sep 24 2026) with company site corroboration ([company-stated](https://feather.dev/)): Feather Robotics (founded 2025 by Hoa Mai, formerly sold a prior humanoid startup to 1X, and Parsa Bakhtiari, ex-Tesla Model 3) positions itself as an open hardware + SDK platform for developers rather than a closed general-purpose humanoid stack. Framing: modular bimanual mobile manipulator, open SDK (Python and ROS2), pick-your-AI stack (TechCrunch cites Nvidia, Skild, Physical Intelligence). Company site says working in manufacturing and food service for about a year"},{"label":"Gradient Ventures $7.6M pre-seed (company-stated via TechCrunch)","value":"Reported (TechCrunch, Sep 24 2026): Gradient Ventures backed Feather at inception and led a previously announced $7.6M pre-seed. Raise amount, not a valuation. Cap: TechCrunch citing Gradient GP Darian Shirazi; company primary raise deck not reviewed here"},{"label":"Revenue past $1M / selling to customers (company-stated via TechCrunch)","value":"Company-stated via TechCrunch ([company-stated](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/24/meet-feather-the-startup-building-the-android-of-robotics-for-developers/)): Feather has begun selling to customers and surpassed $1M in revenue; robots cited as cooks in restaurants and cleaning science labs (customers not named). Mai said after about a year of field testing the company is preparing a bigger product launch. Cap: company claim via TechCrunch interview"},{"label":"Bimanual mobile platform","value":"Feather describes its robot as a bimanual mobile platform with two 7-DoF arms, a 600 mm height-adjustable torso, and a holonomic base ([Feather technology](https://feather.dev/technology)).","sourceUrl":"https://feather.dev/technology"},{"label":"Open physical AI platform","value":"Feather says its platform supports customer-selected compute and an open SDK with Python support for physical AI applications ([Feather technology](https://feather.dev/technology)).","sourceUrl":"https://feather.dev/technology"}],"aliases":["Feather","Feather Robotics Inc","feather.dev"],"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":"2026-09-25T02:00:21.938Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T20:37:15.628Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/feather-robotics","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/feather-robotics","name":"Feather Robotics","alternateName":["Feather","Feather Robotics Inc","feather.dev"],"description":"Feather Robotics is a San Francisco-area startup (founded 2025) building a modular, open-SDK wheeled bimanual mobile manipulator aimed at developers and integrators. 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