Viam

New York, New York, United States · viam.com

Viam provides a software platform for robot arms and industrial processes, deployed with Universal Robots on cobots such as an adaptive sanding system.

Robotics · watchlist · score 54

Positioning

Viam is a US robotics developer platform founded by MongoDB co-founder Eliot Horowitz, positioned on open architecture versus proprietary ROS. It has raised $117-127M across four rounds and added enterprise partnerships with Tech Mahindra (with Microsoft, June 2026) and Universal Robots (late 2025). Revenue, customer count, and commercial deployment scale are undisclosed.

Latest signals

  • Viam launches BoxBot, a box-opening robot trained on teleoperated demonstrationsRoboticsTomorrow
  • viaim Rise won Best in Audio and received a Best in Design Honoree designation at the 2026 IFA Innovation Awards.PR Newswire, all releases
  • Robots for America launched a U.S. robotics industry coalition to advance manufacturing automation policy.The AI Insider
  • Viam partnered with Universal Robots to deploy AI-powered software on UR cobots for industrial automation.The Robot Report
  • Viam and Universal Robots introduced an adaptive robotic block-sanding system for marine manufacturing.The Robot Report

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Facts, with sources

  • [object Object]Revenue band · www.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-05
  • viaim Rise won Best in Audio and received a Best in Design Honoree designation at the 2026 IFA Innovation Awards.Product launch · www.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-05
  • Viam partnered with Universal Robots to deploy AI-powered software on UR cobots for industrial automation.Partnership · The Robot Report
  • Viam and Universal Robots introduced an adaptive robotic block-sanding system for marine manufacturing.Product launch · The Robot Report

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment4
Production4
Commercials4
Progress6
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower6
Leverage6

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

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What does Viam do?

Viam provides a software platform for robot arms and industrial processes, deployed with Universal Robots on cobots such as an adaptive sanding system. Viam is a US robotics developer platform founded by MongoDB co-founder Eliot Horowitz, positioned on open architecture versus proprietary ROS. It has raised $117-127M across four rounds and added enterprise partnerships with Tech Mahindra (with Microsoft, June 2026) and Universal Robots (late 2025). Revenue, customer count, and commercial deployment scale are undisclosed.

Where does Viam rank in robotics?

Viam is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 54 out of 100, below the Top 100.

Where is Viam based and when was it founded?

Viam is based in New York, New York, United States.

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