Sunday Robotics
Category: Robotics / Embodied AI
Sunday Robotics develops Memo, an AI-powered wheeled robot designed for practical household automation, trained on millions of episodes of everyday household routines. Sunday Robotics was founded in 2024. The company is led by Tony Z. Zhao. Based in Mountain View, United States. Team size: 70. Total funding raised: $200M. Latest round: Series A (November 2025). Key investors include ["Coatue","Benchmark","Conviction","Tiger Global","Bain Capital Ventures","Fidelity Management & Research Company","Xtal Ventures"].
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United States
- Team size
- 70
- Total funding
- $200M
Value proposition
Memo operates 24/7 to handle household tasks like dishes, laundry, and coffee making, combining safety, stability, and adaptability to reduce manual labor
Products and solutions
["Memo (household automation robot)","ACT-1 foundation model","Skill Capture Glove technology"]
Unique value
Wheeled design instead of humanoid form factor, $200 Skill Capture Glove for training instead of expensive teleoperation, focus on consumer household tasks rather than industrial applications
Target customer
Busy households seeking automation for daily chores and home management
Industries served
["Home automation","Domestic robotics","AI-driven household services"]
Technology advantage
Skill Capture Glove technology enables training robots on real human interactions at low cost ($200 vs $20,000 for teleoperation), proprietary ACT-1 foundation model trained on millions of household episodes
How they differentiate
Sunday Robotics differentiates through wheeled design vs humanoid competitors, focus on practical household automation with AI-driven learning, consumer-centric approach with $200 training gloves vs expensive industrial solutions
Main competitors
["Apptronik","Figure AI","Unitree Technology"]
Key partnerships
["Benchmark Capital","Conviction VC Fund","Toyota Research Institute (team member affiliation)"]
Notable customers
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Major milestones
["Launched Memo home robot in 2025","Raised $35M Series A in November 2025","Exited stealth mode with November 2025 product reveal","Developed ACT-1 foundation model","Shipped 2,000+ Skill Capture Gloves","Raised $165M Series B at $1.15B valuation in March 2026","Reached unicorn status","Beta program launching Fall 2026"]
Growth metrics
Pre-revenue; 70+ employees; developed ALOHA/Mobile ALOHA robot learning systems; 2,000+ Skill Capture Gloves shipped to Memory Developers; raised $200M total; $1.15B valuation unicorn
Market positioning
Positioned as a consumer-facing home robotics pioneer, directly competing with emerging humanoid robotics startups but focusing on everyday household tasks rather than industrial or commercial use cases
Geographic focus
Primarily North America (headquartered in Mountain View, CA) with potential expansion into European markets
Patents and IP
No public patents found
About Tony Z. Zhao
Stanford PhD (dropout), previously at DeepMind, Tesla Autopilot intern, GoogleX Intrinsic researcher, led ALOHA and Mobile ALOHA projects at Stanford, Berkeley EECS graduate
Official website: https://sunday.ai