Rhoda AI
Category: Robotics / Embodied AI
A developer of foundational artificial intelligence robotics models that train intelligent robots using millions of publicly available internet videos to perform various industrial tasks. Rhoda AI was founded in 2024. The company is led by Jagdeep Singh. Based in Palo Alto, United States. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $680.0M. Latest round: Series A ($450.0M, Mar 2026). Key investors include Capricorn Investment Group, Khosla Ventures, Leitmotif, Matter Venture Partners, Mayfield, Premji Invest, Prelude Ventures, Temasek, Xora, John Doerr.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, United States
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $680.0M
Value proposition
Enables robots to handle the unpredictability of real-world industrial environments by learning from internet videos, allowing them to operate beyond controlled laboratory demonstrations without requiring manufacturers to rebuild existing systems.
Products and solutions
FutureVision (Robotic Intelligence Platform / Direct Video-Action Model), Proprietary wheeled mobile manipulator (7-DoF arms, dexterous hands, custom actuators)
Unique value
Trains foundational models on millions of publicly available internet videos rather than relying on traditional teleoperation or scarce lab data, allowing robots to generalize across varied environments and handle real-world unpredictability.
Target customer
Manufacturers, logistics operators, and industries requiring adaptable robots for real-world environments
Industries served
Automotive, Manufacturing, Logistics, Ecommerce, Industrial Automation
Technology advantage
Direct Video-Action (DVA) model: internet-scale video pretraining + closed-loop video-predictive control; learns tasks with ~10–20h robot data. Full-stack option with proprietary wheeled mobile manipulator; FutureVision also designed to license onto partner hardware.
How they differentiate
Trains hardware-agnostic foundational models on millions of internet videos (Direct Video-Action Model) to handle real-world unpredictability, avoiding reliance on teleoperation or scarce lab data.
Main competitors
Figure AI, Tesla (Optimus), 1X, Skild AI
Key partnerships
Investor syndicate: Premji Invest (lead, Mar 2026), Khosla Ventures, Temasek, Capricorn, Mayfield, John Doerr et al., Industrial customer pilots across automotive, manufacturing, logistics, and ecommerce, FutureVision licensing path for third-party robotic hardware/software platforms
Notable customers
Major global automaker (100% autonomous component-processing eval, <20h teleop data), Automotive assembly / bearing-decanting pilot, Logistics returns-processing customer, Manufacturing Contico tote breakdown use case
Major milestones
Founded in 2024 by serial entrepreneur Jagdeep Singh, Raised $162.6M in April 2025, reaching a nearly $1B valuation, Exited stealth March 2026 with $450M Series A at $1.7B valuation; launched FutureVision DVA platform, Demonstrated 100% autonomous operation in major automaker production eval, Confirmed proprietary wheeled mobile manipulator in customer testing (mid/late 2026)
Growth metrics
Exited stealth at $1.7B valuation; FutureVision DVA intelligence layer live; team ~100 and hiring across hardware/AI; proprietary mobile manipulator in customer testing
Market positioning
Full-stack physical AI: foundational video-action models (FutureVision) plus proprietary wheeled mobile manipulators for industrial deployment; FutureVision also intended for partner hardware licensing
Geographic focus
North America (Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA) with global application potential
Patents and IP
No registered patents disclosed as of latest update
About Jagdeep Singh
Founder and CEO of QuantumScape (valued at $9.65B) and Infinera (acquired by Nokia for $2.3B).
Latest news about Rhoda AI
- Rhoda AI has emerged from 18 months in stealth with $450M Series A funding at a $1.7B valuation, backed by Premji Invest, Temasek, Khosla Ventures, and John Doerr. The company unveiled FutureVision, a
- Rhoda AI emerged from stealth with $450 million in Series A funding at a $1.7 billion valuation, introducing FutureVision, a robot foundation model pre-trained on hundreds of millions of internet vide
- Rhoda AI has emerged from stealth with $450M in Series A funding at a $1.7B valuation, launching FutureVision, a robot intelligence platform that learns physical world dynamics from hundreds of millio
- Rhoda AI just raised $450M at a $1.7B valuation with a breakthrough approach: training robots on millions of internet videos instead of expensive teleoperation data. Their Direct Video Action system h
