Robotics · New York, New York · Founded 2025 · Raised $44.8M · Early stage
Antioch
Review noteThis is Antioch, the New York robotics-simulation startup ('Cursor for physical AI') founded May 2025 by Harry Mellsop, Alex Langshur and three others; the Form D ($31.4M of $32.0M, 8 investors) is its Greylock-led Series A, total raised $44.75M. Source ↗
Edge
20#66 · ▲29 in 7d
4 of 8 families
Why now
- Domain rank rose from 926,500 to 636,031 in 30 days, a bigger gain than 91% of similarly ranked sites
Traffic · Oct 18
- Filed in-use trademark ANTIOCH for software related to robots, its first trademark filing
Regulatory · Aug 24
- 3 of 8 open roles posted in the last 30 days, against 1 in the 30 days before
Hiring · Oct 12
Score
Momentum40
Capital, regulatory, hiring, traffic
Thesis fit80
× 0.85
Matched on actuator, autonomous, robot, robotic
Earliness46
× 0.68
Already visible: web traffic, capital raised
Team–
× 0.85
2 named people, none from a top lab or company
40 × 0.85 × 0.68 × 0.85 = 20
Edge, 12 weeks
Signals
- Oct 18TrafficDomain rank rose from 926,500 to 636,031 in 30 days, a bigger gain than 91% of similarly ranked sites↗
- Oct 12Hiring3 of 8 open roles posted in the last 30 days, against 1 in the 30 days before↗
- Aug 24RegulatoryFiled in-use trademark ANTIOCH for software related to robots, its first trademark filing↗
- Aug 3CapitalFiled Form D: $31.4M sold of $32.0M in equity from 8 investors↗