Robot.com x Physical Intelligence

Robot.com (formerly Kiwibot) is a San Francisco-based robotics company that operates a fleet of 500+ autonomous robots across delivery, logistics, and humanoid labor. The company launched the [R-noid](/models/r-noid) humanoid at Automate 2026, a wheeled dual-arm robot built for repetitive workplace tasks (packing, picking, folding, restaurant assistance) powered by [Physical Intelligence](https://www.pi.website) π0.7 vision-language-action model. Robot.com partners with [Sodexo](https://www.sodexo.com), NVIDIA Robotics, FieldAI, and Formic for enterprise deployments across the US, Canada, Dubai, and MENA.

American robotics-AI company (San Francisco, founded early 2024 by ex-[Google DeepMind](/companies/google-deepmind) researchers, Stanford/Berkeley professors, and [Lachy Groom](/people/lachy-groom)) building general-purpose Vision-Language-Action foundation models (the pi / π series, e.g. π0) that act as control policies across many robot embodiments. Has raised ~$1.07B total; last closed round was $600M at a $5.6B valuation, and as of early 2026 was in talks for ~$1B more at a valuation above $11B. Builds robot intelligence, not hardware.