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Sanctuary AI is a robotics company founded 2018, based in Canada, developing 1 robot primarily in the Humanoid category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Sanctuary AI has raised US$75.5M across 1 confirmed round and has 2 known customers, none yet tied to a specific model.
Raised
US$75.5M
across 1 confirmed round · latest Mar 2022 · Series A
- Mar 2022· Series A· US$75.5M· investors: Bell, Evok Innovations, Export Development Canada +4 more· BetaKit ↗· 2 outlets
Confirmed rounds recorded from January 2017. Every amount links to its source.
Correct this →Shipped
2 known customers — no deployment yet tied to a specific model
Used by
Named in a public source that did not say which model
- Magnaackodrive.com
- Mark's· Canadabcbusiness.ca
AI-powered humanoid robots for industrial work
Sanctuary AI builds Phoenix, a general-purpose AI-powered humanoid robot for industrial environments. The company says Phoenix is designed to perform human-like tasks alongside people or autonomously, with emphasis on dexterous manipulation, tactile sensing, and learning new tasks quickly. Sanctuary AI is based in Vancouver and was founded in 2018.
Active products
1
RoboIndex
58.77
RoboScore 55.67 + Momentum 3.10
Company facts
- HQ
- Vancouver, Canada
- Founded
- 2018 · 8 yrs
- Employees
- 51
- Stage
- Series A · Mar 2022
- Website
- www.sanctuary.ai
RoboScore
55.67 RoboScore + 3.10 Momentum· Strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
5 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Awards & recognition
- Robotics Business Review Top 50 Robotics Companies2024roboticsbusinessreview.com ↗
- Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) Top 20 AI Companies2023cix.ca ↗
- Robot Report Top 10 Humanoid Robotics Companies2023therobotreport.com ↗
- Robotics 24/7 Innovation Award2021robotics247.com ↗
Milestones
Unveiled Generation 7 of its Phoenix humanoid robot with improved range of motion, uptime, visual perception, and tactile sensing.
TechCrunch reported that Phoenix generation seven can automate new tasks in less than 24 hours and costs less to produce.
Press coverage
- Sanctuary’s new humanoid robot learns faster and costs less
TechCrunch · Apr 2024
- Vancouver's Sanctuary AI reveals newest Phoenix humanoid robots
Business in Vancouver
- Sanctuary AI Unveils the Next Generation of AI Robotics
Sanctuary AI
In the news
5 events · last 90 days
+3.10momentumof 15 maxSanctuary AI Will Sell Its Robot Brain, Not Just Its Phoenix Humanoid
In the news
5 events · last 90 days
Why Sanctuary AI has been in the news, across 8 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Public loss record
Canadian consumer and medical-device recalls reach Health Canada, which we read.
Active products by Sanctuary AI
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Phoenix (7th Gen) | Humanoid | Height 1.70 m·Weight 70 kg | 2023 | 54.0 |
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