{"city":null,"name":"K-Scale Labs","slug":"k-scale-labs","facts":[{"date":"2026-01-01","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"Humanoids Daily"},{"date":"2026-01-01","type":"ownership_change","value":"All IP open-sourced","source":"Humanoids Daily"},{"date":"2026-01-01","type":"setback","value":"K-Bot orders cancelled after failed funding","source":"Humanoids Daily"},{"date":null,"type":"judged_commercial","value":"1","source":""},{"date":null,"type":"judged_leverage","value":"1","source":""},{"date":null,"type":"judged_progress","value":"2","source":""}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":null,"aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"K-Scale Labs developed the open-source K-Bot humanoid; it has cancelled K-Bot orders and open-sourced all its IP, ending commercial operations.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"retired","layer":null,"total":36,"domain":"Humanoids","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":4,"position":4,"progress":3,"firepower":2,"commercial":2,"deployment":2,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[],"website":"kscale.dev","category":"Humanoids · Systems","categories":[{"name":"General-purpose","domain":"Humanoids","parent":"Humanoids · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-20T16:11:08.525+00:00","facts_total":11,"positioning":"K-Scale Labs was a U.S. open-source humanoid robotics startup developing the Stompy, Z-Bot, and K-Bot platforms, with an integrated hardware, operating-system, simulation, and reinforcement-learning stack. It raised approximately USD 4 million in a February 2025 seed round, delivered its first K-Bot in September 2025, then cancelled remaining orders, refunded deposits, laid off most staff, and released its hardware and software IP after failing to secure follow-on funding in November 2025. Its ecosystem reach included Y Combinator, Fellows Fund, Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, OpenAI-linked supporters, Tao Motors/Denago manufacturing relationships, and a developer community; no operating company remains.","sub_category":"General-purpose","signals_total":0,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/k-scale-labs","title":"K-Scale Labs · humanoids, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"K-Scale Labs developed the open-source K-Bot humanoid; it has cancelled K-Bot orders and open-sourced all its IP, ending commercial operations. Humanoids retired (score 36)","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."}