Sanctuary AI develops the Carbon control system and applies it to existing industrial robots, enabling physical-AI control without requiring a complete Phoenix humanoid.
Sanctuary AI is a Canadian humanoid company known for its hydraulic 21-DoF Phoenix hands (eighth generation by December 2024, ~50 units historically deployed) that pivoted in June 2026 to a hardware-agnostic Physical AI software stack decoupled from Phoenix. It has been through a distress arc: co-founder departures, a CEO removal and ~30 layoffs (late 2024), a $10M convertible note (January 2025), and a plan to raise ~$175M largely by selling its Apptronik stake. It is effectively pre-revenue (historical pilots only), and no shipping product path currently exists.
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Sanctuary AI develops the Carbon control system and applies it to existing industrial robots, enabling physical-AI control without requiring a complete Phoenix humanoid. Sanctuary AI is a Canadian humanoid company known for its hydraulic 21-DoF Phoenix hands (eighth generation by December 2024, ~50 units historically deployed) that pivoted in June 2026 to a hardware-agnostic Physical AI software stack decoupled from Phoenix. It has been through a distress arc: co-founder departures, a CEO removal and ~30 layoffs (late 2024), a $10M convertible note (January 2025),
Sanctuary AI is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 51 out of 100, below the Top 100.
Sanctuary AI is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Stage: private.
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