RIOS

Market context

RIOS develops dexterous AI-powered robotic workcells for factories, warehouses, distribution centers and food-service operations. Its Robots-as-a-Service model targets labor-intensive handling and assembly tasks in unstructured production environments.

Facts

• Website: https://www.rios.ai/
• HQ: Menlo Park, US
• Founded: 2018
• Segment: industrial robotics
• Known funding rounds: 3

Funding

• 2024-03-12 - Series B - $13M - RIOS completes $13M Series B funding round - source: businesswire.com
• 2022-02-22 - Series A + debt - $28M - RIOS raises $28M Series A and debt financing - source: prnewswire.com
• 2020-06-30 - Seed - $5M - RIOS raises $5M seed round for robotic workcells - source: techcrunch.com

Investors

• Yamaha Motor and IAG Capital Partners - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-03-12
• Grit Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-22
• Hypertherm Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-22
• Main Sequence - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-22
• Morpheus Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-22
• Orbit Venture Partners - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-22
• Valley Capital Partners - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-22
• Yamaha Motor Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-22

Events

• 2024-03-12 - Funding - RIOS completes $13M Series B funding round - The round supported RIOS AI-powered robotics for manufacturing. Yamaha Motor Corporation and IAG Capital Partners co-led the financing. The event adds concrete context for industrial automation, construction robotics or production workflows.
• 2022-02-22 - Funding - RIOS raises $28M Series A and debt financing - Main Sequence led the financing, with participation from Yamaha Motor Ventures and other investors. RIOS planned to scale deployments of robotic workcells for labor-intensive factories. The event adds component or software-stack context for robot sensing, act…
• 2020-06-30 - Funding - RIOS raises $5M seed round for robotic workcells - Valley Capital Partners and Morpheus Ventures led the seed round. RIOS described its work around robotic workcells for industrial automation. The event adds concrete context for industrial automation, construction robotics or production workflows.

Supply chain relationships

• RealSense - Realsense D435 Depth Cameras - RIOS uses RealSense D435 cameras in AI-powered robotic workcells for industrial, warehouse, lab and food-service automation.