Lucid Bots, Inc.
About
About Lucid Bots, Inc.
Lucid Bots develops and supports robots for commercial exterior cleaning and construction work. Its Sherpa aerial platform performs spraying, facade and window-cleaning tasks, with tether and module options for different operating requirements.
The Charlotte company engineers, manufactures and supports its systems in the United States. Cleaning method, flight approval, water or chemical delivery and productivity depend on the selected Sherpa configuration, building and operator programme.
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Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-09-01 - Lucid Bots reported more than 8,760 cumulative flight hours across its connected Sherpa fleet as of August 17. - Connected Sherpa fleet
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Deployments
- Operating use
2026-09-01 - Lucid Bots reported more than 600 connected Sherpa drones in fleet telemetry as of August 17. - Connected Sherpa fleet
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- NVIDIA
Inbound - Compute & Control - Lucid Bots identifies NVIDIA edge compute in Lavo AI
Source - Auterion
Inbound - Software - Lucid Bots Sherpa uses Auterion Mission Control
Source - Grepow
Inbound - Power - Lucid Bots supplies Tattu smart batteries and a TA3200 charger with Sherpa drones
Source - SIYI Technology
Inbound - Control - Lucid Bots Sherpa uses the SIYI MK15 remote controller
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Funding
Investors
- Cubit Capital - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-05-08 - latest 2026-03-25
- Idea Fund Partners - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-05-08 - latest 2026-03-25
- Danu Venture Group - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-08
- Front Porch Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-25
- Gratus Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-08
- Taylor Rhodes - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-25
- WaterStone Impact Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-25
- Y Combinator Growth Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-08
Team
- Andrew Ashur - Founder & CEO - Ashur leads Lucid Bots as it builds Sherpa and Lavo Bot robots for exterior cleaning and building maintenance workflows.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-01 - Product Launch - Lucid Bots commercially launches Power Tether for Sherpa
The air module mounts in the Sherpa battery bay and the ground station connects to a compatible generator; installation takes less than 15 minutes on Sherpa Drone 1 or 1.5. A headquarters test kept a Power Tether-equipped Sherpa airborne for eight hours and 48 seconds on one generator connection with no battery swaps. Lucid reported more than 8,760 cumulative flight hours across 600-plus connected Sherpa drones as of August 17; that fleet total is not a single continuous or exclusively tether-powered flight.
Source - 2026-03-25 - Funding - Lucid Bots raises $20 million Series B to scale its exterior cleaning robotics platform
Round brings total funding to $34 million Capital is allocated to commercial expansion, domestic manufacturing in Charlotte, and Lucid Refresh Operator network surpassed $75 million in jobs completed and is approaching 1,000 robots deployed
Source - 2025-12-12 - Capability - Lucid Bots records 1 hour and 53 seconds of continuous exterior cleaning with Sherpa using its new Power Tether
Sherpa remained in continuous operation for 1 hour and 53 seconds Cleaning run was completed at 3500 PSI and 8 GPM Lucid positioned the Power Tether as enabling effectively unlimited flight time
Source - 2025-11-13 - Product Launch - Lucid Bots opens pre-orders for Lavo AI and schedules limited pilot programs
NVIDIA edge computing, vision systems and mapping intelligence power the robot's autonomous navigation. Limited pilots were planned for winter, with general availability targeted for Q2 2026. Live demonstration events were scheduled for January in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin.
Source - 2024-05-08 - Funding - Lucid Bots raises $9 million Series A to scale Sherpa and Lavo Bot
Funding announced to advance Lucid Bots' autonomous robotics portfolio Company said the raise would support scaling operations and team growth Sherpa cleaning drone and Lavo Bot pressure-washing robot were named as key products
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