Standard Bots
Integrator / OEM
Glen Cove, NY maker of AI-native industrial arms (Spark/Core/Thor) starting at $29.5k, taught in plain language, built in the U.S.
Standard Bots designs and manufactures AI-native industrial robot arms in Glen Cove, New York, and sells them as an accessible power tool rather than a systems-integration project. Three arms span the range — Spark (7 kg payload, 900 mm reach, from $29,500), Core (18 kg, 1.3 m, from $39,500) and Thor (30 kg, 2 m, from $49,500) — all running the same Standard Bots OS and Standard Bots AI stack. Workers teach tasks in plain language instead of writing robot code, with advanced low-level controls available underneath. The company assembles its own arms and is vertically integrating U.S. component production. Its pitch: only ~6% of U.S. manufacturers use a robot today, and price plus teachability are the blockers.
Research mapping
Physical AI / Autonomy Software, Fleet Platforms & End Markets (L10) / Integrator / OEM
Evidence boundary
Original analysis and independent corroboration remain under development. Commercial scale and durable technical advantage remain under review.
What makes it defensible
U.S.-built arm at a $29.5k entry price with plain-language teaching — cost and teachability, not payload, are what block the other 94% of American factories.
Position in the stack: Integrator-OEM: owns the arm, the controller OS and the AI layer together, so it captures the full hardware-plus-software margin instead of being a component supplier to integrators.
Who buys it
Founding team
Evan Beard — Co-founder & CEO — Duke graduate; previously co-founded Etacts (acquired by Salesforce) and ArmorHub (acquired by Spirent); has testified to Congress on U.S. robotics policy
SourceFinancing detail
- Last round
- Series B $63M (Jul 2024)
Investors: General Catalyst, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Samsung Next
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