Standard Bots

Standard Bots builds AI-powered collaborative robot arms for manufacturing and laboratory automation. Its RO1 robot is designed for tasks such as machine tending, inspection, pick-and-place and repetitive handling, with software that makes deployment more accessible to smaller operators.

Facts

Segment: Industrial Robotics
Country: United States
Founded: 2017
Website: https://standardbots.com

Market context

Standard Bots is scaling as a U. S. -based industrial robot manufacturer at a time when domestic robot capacity is becoming a strategic manufacturing issue.

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Funding

2026-06-09 - Series C - $200M - Standard Bots raises $200M Series C at $1B valuation - Standard Bots announced a $200 million Series C round at a $1 billion valuation to scale American-made AI-native industrial robots. - source: prnewswire.com
2025-04-23 - Series B - $63M - Standard Bots raises $63M to accelerate AI in robotics - Standard Bots announced $63M in funding, with its Series B led by General Catalyst and participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next. - source: standardbots.com

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Investors

General Catalyst - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-23 - latest 2026-06-09
Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-04-23
RoboStrategy - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-09

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Timeline

2025-05-09 - Facility Opening - Standard Bots expands Glen Cove factory and unveils 30 kg robot - The 16,000 sq ft factory expansion doubled production capacity. The event introduced a higher-payload robot aimed at heavier industrial automation tasks. The facility supports Standard Bots's capacity for industrial automation, construction or production… - source: automate.org

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Team

Evan Beard - Co-founder, CEO and Chief Engineer - Leads Standard Bots' industrial robotics strategy.
David Golden - Co-founder - Member of the founding team.
James Cordle - Co-founder - Member of the founding team.

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Operations

Factory Expansion Status - Glen Cove factory expansion - 2025-05-09 - industrial robot manufacturing - Standard Bots expanded its Glen Cove production facility and unveiled a 30 kg payload robot. - source posture: Third Party Reported - source: automate.org

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