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GrayMatter Robotics x 3M (Abrasives Strategic Partnership)
3M Ventures has invested in GrayMatter Robotics across multiple rounds (Seed, Series A, Series B). The strategic partnership supports 3M's efforts to drive growth of automated abrasive processing systems, combining 3M's abrasive materials expertise with GrayMatter's AI-powered robotic surface finishing platform.
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- technology
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2021-09-295 years ago
- Active for
- 5 years
Who’s involved
[Graymatter](/companies/gray-matter) Robotics is a Carson, California-based AI robotics company that builds smart robotic cells for high-mix surface finishing — sanding, polishing, buffing, grinding, and coating — using its proprietary GMR-AI platform to enable industrial robots to self-program and adapt to any part geometry. Founded in 2020 by USC Viterbi roboticists, the company offers its ScanAndSand system through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model to aerospace, defense, marine, specialty vehicle, and general manufacturing customers across North America.
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- 3M Ventures · investor partner
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