Viam closes $30 Million Collection A funding spherical

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Viam Robotics introduced the shut of a $30 million Collection A spherical led by Tiger International, with participation from returning investor Union Sq. Ventures, and Battery Ventures. The financing brings Viam’s complete funding to $42 million.

The corporate continues to be in stealth mode, though it has already employed greater than 36 workers (in line with its LinkedIn profile).

Right here’s what we do know concerning the firm:

• It was based in 2020 by MongoDB, Inc. cofounder and longtime CTO Eliot Horowitz.
• The corporate relies in New York Metropolis.
• Viam is a {hardware} and language agnostic platform that enables builders to create, configure, and management any robotic from wherever.
• The corporate is constructing a novel robotics platform that depends on standardized constructing blocks somewhat than customized code to create, configure and management robots intuitively and shortly.
• They anticipate to develop a robotics resolution that works throughout industries to unravel difficult automation issues with software program.

“Since our Seed spherical, we’ve introduced on extraordinary expertise, constructed, examined, and launched our platform, and engaged with exterior events energized by the prospect of constructing robots simply and intuitively,” stated Horowitz.

Albert Wenger, Accomplice, USV, commented, “Robotics holds a profound promise to make our lives higher. Viam will make it dramatically simpler to deliver new and extra highly effective robots to market. It is a large alternative and I’m thrilled to be working with Eliot once more.”

You received’t discover a lot data but on the Viam web site apart from job alternatives: they’re actively hiring robotics and software program engineers. Among the finest locations to observe the corporate is on their Instagram feed.

Editors observe: Now we have talked to sources on the firm off the report, however can’t share something but. They’ve thrilling issues on their roadmap, and we’ll simply have to attend till later within the 12 months to study extra.