Watney Robotics
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About Watney Robotics
Watney is building autonomous systems for work inside data centres, where infrastructure installation and repair must be performed around dense, power-hungry equipment. Its initial focus is physical work that constrains the pace of compute deployment, including buildout and break-fix activity in facilities that face labour shortages and hazardous or operationally complex conditions.
The company offers pilot engagements with data-centre operators and says it is working with major hyperscalers. Watney raised $21.1 million through an equity offering that began in April 2025. No named robot platform or fleet scale has been disclosed; its current commercial position is customer pilots and system development rather than broad deployment.
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Deployments
- Operating use
2026-08-15 - Watney says it is partnering with major hyperscalers on autonomous systems for datacenter and supercomputing infrastructure and offers prospective customers a pilot pathway.
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Funding
- 2026-09-17 - Series A - $80M - Watney Robotics closes USD 80M Series A co-led by Valor Atreides and Hummingbird
Watney Robotics raised a USD 80 million Series A co-led by the Valor Atreides AI Fund and Hummingbird Ventures, taking total funding past USD 100 million. - source: watney.com
- 2025-04-30 - Seed - $21.1M - Watney Robotics raises $21M seed funding for datacenter robotics
Watney Robotics raised about $21 million in seed funding from investors including Conviction, Abstract and A*. - source: vcbacked.co
Investors
- A* - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-30 - latest 2026-09-17
- Abstract - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-30 - latest 2026-09-17
- Conviction - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-30 - latest 2026-09-17
- Hummingbird Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-17
- Valor Atreides AI Fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-17
Team
- Ryan Gannon - Co-Founder & CEO
- Sean Cheong - Co-Founder
- Sarah Guo - Director
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-17 - Funding - Watney Robotics closes USD 80M Series A co-led by Valor Atreides and Hummingbird
Conviction, Abstract and A* participated alongside the co-leads, with Grant Gordon continuing as an individual investor. Across hundreds of thousands of hours in customer facilities since 2025, Watney systems have maintained more than four nines of reliability while supporting hyperscaler compute build-outs. Watney positions its fleet as the largest of dexterous robots running 24/7/365 across the United States.
Source - 2025-04-30 - Funding - Watney Robotics raises $21M seed funding for datacenter robotics
Watney Robotics raised about $21 million in seed funding from investors including Conviction, Abstract and A*. The company developed autonomous robotic systems for datacenter and supercomputing infrastructure operations. The round supported Watney’s move from prototype work toward robotics deployment in hyperscale compute environments.
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