The robotics startup founded by former Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt, has raised $150 million in a round led by Greenoaks, According to Reutersciting unnamed sources.
Vogt founded the startup by Paril Jain, who leads Tesla’s AI technology team and former Cruise software engineer Luke Holoubek. Vogt did not respond to a request for comment.
With less than a year since Vogt founded Bot Company, the company aims to produce robots focused on housework. Robot company Launched in May and $150 million From former Github CEO and investor Nat Friedman, Pioneer Founder and Investor Daniel Gross, Spark Capital Capital Gross, Spark Capital Grose Nabeel Hyatt, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, Stripe Co-founder John Collison and Aige Capital.
The new startup launched about five months later Vogt resigns As CEO of Cries, he founded the self-driving car startup in 2013 and was later acquired by General Motors. His resignation follows the Oct. 2 incident when a cruiser drove past and dragged 20 feet of pedestrians after a pedestrian was hit by a driving car.
