On May 14, 2024, the housework robot startup co-founded by Kyle Vogt, CEO of the autonomous driving company Cruise,The Bot Companyannounced the completion of a $150 million seed round of funding. Investors in this round include Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), Daniel Gross (founder and investor at Pioneer), Nabeel Hyatt (general partner at Spark Capital), as well as industry leaders such as Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, Stripe co-founder John Collison, and Quiet Capital.
The company plans to use the raised funds to develop and deploy robots specifically designed to handle household chores, in order to free up people's time.
The Bot Company is an emerging robotics startup led by Kyle Vogt, who is known for co-founding Twitch and leading the autonomous vehicle company Cruise. The company was co-founded by Vogt along with Paril Jain (former head of Tesla's AI technical team) and Luke Holoubek (former software engineer at Cruise), bringing together expertise in robotics and artificial intelligence. The company's specific product types, capabilities, and potential price points have not yet been made public, but the company is committed to using technology to address the challenges of household chores and to seek a breakthrough in a highly competitive market.
(Source:Forbes）