Foundation Robotics

• Phantom MK1

Supply chain relationships

• Advanced Micro Devices

  Inbound - Compute & Control - AMD Ryzen AI Embedded X100 processors will power Foundation Robotics Phantom MK-2 humanoids

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• Luxonis

  Inbound - Perception - Foundation selected Luxonis OAK hardware for production and near-360-degree visual processing

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• 2025-08-19 - Series A - $187M - $187M Series A values Foundation Robotics at $1.32B

  Foundation Robotics completed a Series A financing round supporting development and commercialization of its humanoid robotics platform. - source: forgeglobal.com

• 2024-08-23 - pre-seed - $11M - Foundation Robotics closed an $11 million round led by Tribe Capital

  Foundation Robotics raised $11 million in pre-seed financing led by Tribe Capital. - source: axios.com

• Tribe Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-08-23

• Sankaet Pathak - Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Events

• 2026-07-23 - Partnership - Foundation and AMD partner on Phantom MK-2 humanoid compute

  Foundation plans to use AMD Ryzen AI Embedded X100 Series processors in the second generation of its Phantom humanoid. The companies are co-developing an embedded compute architecture for autonomous industrial and defense applications.

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• 2025-12-17 - Market Signal - Foundation targets 50,000 Phantom robots by end of 2027

  Intermediate company targets were 40 robots in 2025 and 10,000 in 2026. Foundation proposed leasing robots for around $100,000 per year rather than selling them outright.

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• 2025-12-16 - Demonstration - Foundation co-founder Mike LeBlanc partners with military for Phantom humanoid operations

  Collaborates with military branches for operational testing of Phantom humanoids. Explores breaching capabilities with Marine Corps, indicating tactical applications in combat scenarios. Signals potential for large-scale deployment, targeting 50,000 units by 2027.

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• 2025-11-19 - Demonstration - Foundation demonstrates Phantom MK1 at Newsweek headquarters

  Technicians rebuilt the robot over two days after its road journey from San Francisco. Phantom stood unassisted briefly before collapsing; it also interacted with employees at the front desk.

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• 2025-08-19 - Funding - $187M Series A values Foundation Robotics at $1.32B

  The Series A provided $187 million of capital. The financing established a $1.32 billion post-money valuation. Capital supports development and commercialisation of Foundation Robotics' humanoid platform.

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• 2024-08-23 - Funding - Foundation Robotics closed an $11 million round led by Tribe Capital

  The transaction was a pre-seed financing. Foundation develops humanoid robots for complex labour environments. No completed-round valuation accompanied the $11 million financing.

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Profile notes

• Foundation's reported $24 million Pentagon contract was not a standalone award to Foundation

  reviewed 2026-07-26 - In 2026, several outlets described Foundation Future Industries as having received approximately $18-24 million in US military contracts, including a report presenting the figure as a $24 million Pentagon contract for its Phantom humanoid. When WIRED requested the underlying awards, Foundation identified two contracts inherited through its acquisition of Boardwalk Robotics and three contracts that it said came through the separate Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. WIRED reported that Foundation did not appear to have independently secured new government funding.

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• Foundation's early fundraising materials overstated its relationship with General Motors

  reviewed 2026-07-26 - Foundation's 2024 fundraising materials presented General Motors as a prospective investor and first customer, referred to a targeted $300 million purchase order and claimed access to GM factories for robot-training data. GM said it had not invested, had no plans to invest, had not placed an order, had not provided factory access and had no agreement with Foundation.

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• Foundation's founder previously led Synapse, whose bankruptcy left customer funds unresolved

  reviewed 2026-07-26 - Foundation founder and CEO Sankaet Pathak previously founded and led Synapse Financial Technologies. Synapse entered bankruptcy in 2024, disrupting access to customer funds held through its financial-technology ecosystem and exposing a disputed shortfall that a US Senate Banking Committee letter estimated at between $65 million and $96 million.

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Relationships

• Advanced Micro Devices

  Compute Technology Partner - Foundation and AMD are co-developing the Phantom MK-2 compute architecture around Ryzen AI Embedded X100 processors.

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Context tags

• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Company is building complete humanoid robot systems.
• Humanoid industrial builder - Peer Group - Foundation says it is developing a humanoid for manufacturing, logistics, domestic settings and defence.
• Bipedal locomotion - Capability - Foundation positions Phantom as humanoid; locomotion details should remain derived unless product specs are attached.
• Factories - Customer Environment - Foundation names manufacturing as a target environment.
• Industrial task execution - Workflow - Foundation states target settings include manufacturing and logistics.
• Dexterous manipulation - Capability - Target labor/task execution implies manipulation, but keep derived until product-level evidence is attached.
• Pilot deployments - Commercial Stage - Public development activity exists, but deployment maturity remains early.