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Avatar Robotics has secured $6.5 million in Seed funding led by AlleyCorp to scale its humanoid robotics platform for warehouses and factories, targeting the industrial labor shortage. The company uses a human-in-the-loop model where remote operators control robots while AI systems learn from the data to progressively increase autonomy.
Avatar Robotics, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2024 by former GM/Cruise engineer Colin Webb, has closed a $6.5 million seed round led by AlleyCorp and defy.vc to build humanoid robots for warehouses and manufacturing. The company's robots can pick, pack, sort, and move materials, with the technology enabling remote human operators to oversee fleets from safer environments while addressing the U.S. labor shortage in logistics and manufacturing.
Avatar Robotics raised $6.5 million in a seed financing round led by AlleyCorp to deploy semi-humanoid robots in logistics, manufacturing, and warehousing operations. The San Francisco-based startup, founded by MIT graduates in 2024, uses a human-in-the-loop model where remote operators control robots while collecting data to train autonomy software for future full automation.