Vicarious
Company

Last deal

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Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

10.08.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$122M

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date founded

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About Company
Vicarious is an AI company that develops general intelligence for robots.

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founded date

01.01.2010

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For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in 2010 by Dr. Dileep George and D. Scott Phoenix, Vicarious has been acquired by Intrinsic, a robotics software and AI company at Alphabet. Vicarious has expertise in neuroscience and has built a thriving business as a turnkey robotics solutions integrator using AI to automate complex tasks. The company has raised over $200M from investors like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Samsung, and its technology has been published in peer-reviewed journals and featured in major media outlets.
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Scott Phoenix

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Vicarious

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Scott Phoenix

Dileep George
Dileep George

Dileep George

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Vicarious
Vicarious

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2

Dileep George

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Greg Steele

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Scott Guajardo

Field engineering and service manager

Hayley Ritterhern

Integration engineering manager

Jordan Leung

Application engineer

Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey

Design Engineer

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Haydar Alireza

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Phil Dibowitz

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