Cortex Robot
Real-World Data for Embodied AI
San Francisco, United States · Founded 2025
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2025
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- cortexrobot.ai
About
Cortex AI is a San Francisco-based robotics startup founded in 2025 by Lucas Ngoo (co-founder of Carousell) that builds large-scale, real-world and simulated datasets combining egocentric and robot data to train and evaluate foundation models for embodied AI and general-purpose robots. The company describes itself as building the industry's most diverse real-world, real-workplace, and industry-scale dataset for embodied AI, and joined Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch after raising a $6M seed round from investors including 500 Global, Golden Gate Ventures, and Matrix Partners.
Summary
Cortex Robot is an Artificial Intelligence company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2025.
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