The Bot Company

Cruise founder Kyle Vogt's stealthy household-robot startup

Scaleup · Prototype · Humanoid startup · San Francisco, California, United States · Founded 2024

Unverified Website not verified. No 2026 news found; not strictly a humanoid.

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.

People

• KV
  Kyle Vogt Founder

  Founder

  @kvogtHandle cited by press

Sources: Ex-Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt starts new 'Bot Company' (SFist) · Contract workers sue SF robotics startup run by ex-Cruise CEO, alleging unpaid wages (SFist) · As of Oct 8, 2026. X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.

Leadership on X

What leadership has posted about robotics, AI and tech in the last 30 days.

Flagship robots

• Household robot (unannounced) Mobile manipulator
  No product shown publicly

Funding and valuation

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Sunday Robotics

  Adjacent competitor

  USHumanoid startup

  Both 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.

  Sources (2)

  • Former Cruise CEO Vogt's robotics startup valued at $2 billion (Reuters)
  • Sunday Robotics (company website)

• 1X Technologies

  Adjacent competitor

  USHumanoid startup

  Both 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.

  Sources (2)

  • Former Cruise CEO Vogt's robotics startup valued at $2 billion (Reuters)
  • 1X NEO Home Robot (1X)

Recent news

• Oct 28, 2025 — Reportedly in talks at >$4B valuation Bloomberg Reported
• Mar 21, 2025 — 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)

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