Minerva Humanoids
Semi-autonomous humanoids for dangerous jobs: oil & gas, high voltage and bomb disposal
Startup · Pilot · Humanoid startup · San Francisco, California, United States
Unverified Website, founding year and CEO not yet sourced.
Profile
Minerva Humanoids came out of stealth in Oct 2026 with a ~$10M pre-seed led by General Catalyst. Its semi-autonomous 'Roger' humanoid targets oil and gas, public-safety and bomb-disposal work, with paid pilots starting this autumn.
Leadership
No leadership names in this dataset.
Flagship robots
- Roger Humanoid
Semi-autonomous humanoid; paid pilots from autumn 2026
Funding and valuation
Latest round
$10M
Pre-seed · Oct 6, 2026
Led by General Catalyst
Also Long Journey Ventures (co-lead), Credo Ventures (co-lead), Hugging Face, Codecademy, RunwayVC, Compound.
About $10M
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Genki Robotics
Adjacent competitorBoth pitch humanoids for public-safety and hazardous-site work: Genki Robotics builds humanoids for public-safety and urban-maintenance work, while Minerva Humanoids is building semi-autonomous humanoids for hazardous jobs such as bomb disposal.
Foundation (Foundation Future Industries)
Adjacent competitorBoth pitch humanoids for dangerous work: Foundation builds the Phantom humanoid for defense and industrial work, while Minerva Humanoids is building semi-autonomous humanoids for hazardous jobs such as bomb disposal.
Recent news
- — Emerges from stealth with ~$10M pre-seed led by General Catalyst GlobeNewswire
Sources
- Minerva Humanoids emerges from stealth with $10M pre-seed round led by General Catalyst (GlobeNewswire) (Oct 6, 2026)
- Minerva Humanoids raises $10M for robots that do bomb disposal and rig work (The Next Web) (Oct 6, 2026)
Confidence: medium.