Deft Robotics
Drop-in wheeled humanoid robot work cells for Tier 1 automotive manufacturers.
FOUNDERS
FOUNDED
2025
INDUSTRY
AI/ML
Hardware
TEAM SIZE
12
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Deft Robotics is a startup that deploys drop-in wheeled humanoid robot work cells for Tier 1 automotive manufacturers using robot foundation models.
2 paid contracts with global enterprises for proven use cases we can replicate across the industry. Ex-Tesla hardware & Hyundai self-driving team. Raising $5M seed to deploy 30 robots in next 12 months.
Deft Robotics was founded in 2025 Jung Won (Jason) Shin and Shinhee (Shane) Lee: 2 South Korean friends who met at UC Berkeley in 2020 who teamed up to build the next Samsung.
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