GrayMatter Robotics is a Los Angeles-based AI and advanced robotics company delivering autonomous robotic solutions for tedious and ergonomically challenging tasks such as sanding, polishing, grinding, coating, and finishing. It bundles proprietary AI technologies with robots, sensors, and tools and provides application-specific solutions in a Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) format. Representative products include Scan&Sand™, Scan&Polish™, Scan&Buff™, and Scan&Grind™. The company serves manufacturers across aerospace & defense, specialty vehicles, maritime, metal fabrication, and consumer products such as sports equipment. Led by CEO Ariyan Kabir, GrayMatter aims to improve shop floor worker quality of life, enhance production capacity, and reduce scrap, repair, and rework costs. The company raised $45M in Series B funding to accelerate development and deployment of its AI-powered robotic solutions. GrayMatter Robotics delivers AI-driven robotic automation solutions aimed at tedious and ergonomically challenging manufacturing tasks. Its core products are smart robotic cells for high-mix surface finishing and surface treatment, sold to a range of manufacturing industries. The company says its systems help improve shop-floor worker quality of life, enhance production capacity, and reduce scrap, repair, and rework costs. Leadership is headed by CEO Ariyan Kabir and CTO Brual Shah. GrayMatter plans to use the new funding to expand its team across a wide range of roles and to accelerate development and deployment of its AI-robotic solutions. The article does not disclose revenue or user metrics. GrayMatter Robotics develops smart robotic assistants that help humans perform surface-treatment tasks like sanding and spraying on manufacturing lines. The company packages proprietary AI algorithms with commercially available robots, sensors, and tools so robots can program themselves and learn a new part in minutes. Its turnkey solutions aim to help manufacturers grow capacity, maintain consistent quality, and keep a digital trace for improving operations. GrayMatter is led by CEO Ariyan Kabir and is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company raised $4.1M in seed funding and will use the proceeds to scale hiring, accelerate development of its robots for sanding and finishing, and engage a wider customer base. Investors in the round include Stage Venture Partners, Calibrate Ventures, 3M Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, and B Capital Group.

Total raised

$69M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jun 2024