The Bot Company
Cruise founder Kyle Vogt's stealthy household-robot startup
Scaleup · Prototype · Humanoid startup · San Francisco, California, United States · Founded 2024 · bot.co
Profile
Founded by Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt to build a home robot for chores, The Bot Company has raised about $300M without showing a product. It was valued at $2B in March 2025 and reportedly sought a valuation above $4B later that year.
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Flagship robots
- Household robot (unannounced) Mobile manipulator
No product shown publicly
Funding and valuation
Latest round
$150M
Series A · Mar 21, 2025
Total raised
about $300M
As of Mar 21, 2025
Valuation
$2B Reported
valuation (Mar 2025 round) · Mar 21, 2025
Bloomberg reported talks at >$4B in Oct 2025; not confirmed closed
Trademarks
No US filings 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.
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Sunday Robotics
Adjacent competitorBoth aim at household robots: Sunday Robotics is building Memo, a wheeled two-armed household robot, while The Bot Company is a stealthy household-robot startup founded by Kyle Vogt.
1X Technologies
Adjacent competitorBoth aim at household robots: 1X Technologies sells the NEO humanoid for the home, while The Bot Company is a stealthy household-robot startup founded by Kyle Vogt.
Recent news
- — Reportedly in talks at >$4B valuation Bloomberg Reported
- — Raises $150M at $2B valuation Reuters
Sources
- Former Cruise CEO Vogt's robotics startup valued at $2 billion (Reuters) (Mar 21, 2025)
- Cruise founder Kyle Vogt's robotics startup eyes $4 billion valuation (Bloomberg) (Oct 28, 2025)
- Who is paying for humanoids: 69 funding rounds (humanoid.observer) (Sep 6, 2026)
- The Bot Company website (Oct 11, 2026)
- Ex-Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt starts new 'Bot Company' (SFist) (May 14, 2024)
- Contract workers sue SF robotics startup run by ex-Cruise CEO, alleging unpaid wages (SFist) (Jul 30, 2026)
Confidence: medium.