{"city":"San Francisco","name":"Formant","slug":"formant","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"SoftBank Robotics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"SoftBank Robotics America partnered with Formant to integrate enterprise robotics services and AI.","source":"SoftBank Robotics"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"California","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Formant provides cloud infrastructure for deploying, monitoring and operating enterprise robot fleets, and partners with SoftBank Robotics America.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":40,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":4,"position":4,"progress":3,"firepower":4,"commercial":2,"deployment":4,"production":2,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null},{"why":null,"list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"discarded","layer":null,"total":13,"domain":"Humanoids","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":1,"position":2,"progress":2,"firepower":1,"commercial":1,"deployment":1,"production":1,"technology":1},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"SoftBank Robotics America partnered with Formant to integrate enterprise robotics services and AI.","outlet":"SoftBank Robotics"}],"website":"formant.io","category":"Robotics · Infrastructure","categories":[{"name":"Fleet operations","domain":"Humanoids","parent":"Humanoids · Infrastructure"},{"name":"Fleet operations","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Infrastructure"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:17:49.578217+00:00","facts_total":2,"positioning":"Formant is a US robotics fleet-operations SaaS platform (not a robot maker) with tens of thousands of production robots claimed on the platform (unconfirmed), whose most recent found funding is a BMW i Ventures-led $21M round in October 2023 ($39.1M total). Its most substantive evidence (500%+ revenue growth, named customers Blue River, BP, Burro, Knightscope) is 2+ years old despite searching for 2026 activity. Revenue is <10m (one estimate under $5M).","sub_category":"Fleet operations","signals_total":1,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/formant","title":"Formant · robotics, San Francisco, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Formant provides cloud infrastructure for deploying, monitoring and operating enterprise robot fleets, and partners with SoftBank Robotics America. Robotics watchlist (score 40) 1 signals and 2 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}