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Genki Robotics

Tokyo humanoid startup building robots for public-safety and urban-maintenance work, with an open robot OS

Scaleup · Prototype · Humanoid startup · Tokyo, Japan · Founded 2025 · genki.com

Profile

Tokyo-based Genki Robotics, founded in 2025 by Android creator Andy Rubin, develops humanoid robots for public-safety, urban-maintenance and other mission-driven work. It plans to launch its first product in 2026 and to open its robot OS to outside developers through an app-store-like marketplace. Press reports put its Series A valuation at about $1B (Apr 2026), following a reported $50M seed.

Notes Reported Founder and CEO (Andy Rubin) and Tokyo HQ confirmed; Nikkei and the Global Startup EXPO speaker page both give his title as founder and CEO. Funding figures are reported by the press and funding databases (Axios Pro, Dealroom), not confirmed by the company; the seed month is a Dealroom estimate. Founding year per CB Insights.

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Appearances

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  1. Osaka, JP
    Keynote

    Global Startup EXPO 2026

    “Building the Next Global Platforms: Why Japan Matters in the Age of AI and Robotics”

    Andy Rubin, Founder & CEO

    What it was billed to cover (from an organizer’s program description; we have no report of what was said)

    Rubin gave the evening keynote on Stage A. The program describes it as a look at AI moving beyond software into intelligent machines, autonomous systems and next-generation robotics, with advice for founders building the next wave of companies and his view on Japan's startup potential and deeper Japan-US collaboration in deep tech.

    Coverage and sources:Japan Economic Reports (METI release) (Oct 7)Event page

  2. Tokyo, JP
    Keynote dialogue

    Nikkei Forum GDS2026 World Digital Summit

    “The Future Society Enabled by AI Robotics: Platform Strategies and Sustainable Real-World Deployment”

    Andy Rubin, Founder & CEO

    Summary (From press reports)

    In a dialogue with Nikkei senior staff writer Kazuyuki Okudaira, Rubin said he expects humanoid hardware and operating systems to become standardized, so that competition shifts to application software for specific uses. Nikkei reports he described humanoids as replacing real-world tasks and multiplying productivity, and cited a large financial firm's forecast of a $7 trillion global humanoid market by 2050. In a follow-up interview with Nikkei he said robot behaviors could one day be bought and downloaded like smartphone apps, and he told Nikkei Asia that Genki plans to launch its first product this year and open its operating system to outside developers through an app-store-style marketplace.

    What Andy said (the speaker’s own claims, not our findings)

    • Humanoid hardware and OS will standardize; competition will be in application software (Rubin's prediction, per Nikkei).
    • Humanoid market will reach $7 trillion by 2050 (a financial firm's forecast that Rubin cited).
    • Robot behaviors will be bought and downloaded like phone apps (Rubin, per Nikkei, Jul 23).
    • Genki plans its first product this year and an open OS with a developer marketplace (Rubin, per Nikkei Asia, Jul 29).

    Coverage and sources:Nikkei (Jul 21)Nikkei (Jul 23, paywalled)Nikkei Asia (Jul 29)Event pageVideo

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Funding and valuation

Latest round

Reported

Series A · Apr 21, 2026

Reported by Axios Pro; amount and investors not disclosed

Total raised

about $50M Reported

As of Apr 21, 2026

Reported $50M seed (Nov 2025; Dealroom lists a16z, DCM Ventures, AMD, Incubate Fund, X&); Series A amount undisclosed, so this is a lower bound

Valuation

$1B Reported

reported valuation (Series A) · Apr 21, 2026

About $1B, reported by Axios Pro; not announced by the company

Hiring signals

Open roles
9all roles
Top location
Redwood City · 100%9 of 9 roles
Top role area
AI & foundation models6 roles · 67% of 9 engineering & ops

Trademarks

3 names filed in the US since 2025 · last checked .

Source: USPTO Trademark Search, matched on the company’s legal names. Rechecked on the 1st and 15th of each month. A filing shows intent to use a name in the US, not a launched product.

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