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Robotics · San Mateo, California · Founded 2024 · Raised $70M · Early stage

XDOF

Review noteFounded 2024 by Philipp Wu and Fred Shentu; $70M Series A in June 2026 (Thrive, a16z, Lux, Spark) and reported in talks for a Series B at about $1.2B valuation. Source ↗

Edge

17#99 · ▲14 in 7d

2 of 8 families

Why now

  1. 8 of 25 open roles posted in the last 30 days, against 4 in the 30 days before

    Hiring · Oct 16

  2. Filed its first 4 trademark applications in one day for humanoid robots, all intent to use, including XDOF

    Regulatory · Aug 7

Score

Momentum34

 

Regulatory, hiring

Thesis fit86

× 0.90

Matched on humanoid, industrial, robot, robotic

Earliness43

× 0.66

Already visible: capital raised, funding stage

Team–

× 0.85

No people identified yet

34 × 0.90 × 0.66 × 0.85 = 17

Edge, 12 weeks