The company is currently in pilots with select partners, including automation deployment firm Formic and a large consumer electronics firm. According to Formic, Jacobi's approach has significantly reduced deployment times. Jacobi closed a $1 million pre-seed in early 2023 and is now focused on raising a seed round as it looks to bring its solution to market. The software currently supports several major robotics arms vendors, including ABB, Fanu, Universal, and Yaskawa.
Key takeaways:
- Jacobi Robotics, founded in 2022, is focused on addressing the issue of singularities in robotics, which are points in space where a robot cannot move, requiring human intervention.
- The company was founded by a group of UC Berkeley robotics students and professor Ken Goldberg, who also co-founded package sorting robotics company Ambi Robotics.
- Jacobi Robotics has been piloting its solutions with select partners, including automation deployment firm Formic and a larger consumer electronics firm. Formic has reported that Jacobi's approach has significantly reduced deployment times.
- The company closed a $1 million pre-seed in early 2023 and is currently focused on raising a proper seed as it looks to bring its solution to market. Its current investors include Swift Ventures and Berkeley SkyDeck.