FORT Robotics

• Endpoint Controller

Orders & commitments

• Order / commitment

  2026-08-18 - FORT disclosed more than 600 cumulative customers across robotics developers, users, universities and governments. - cumulative global customer base

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• Operating use

  2026-08-18 - FORT disclosed that its machine-agnostic robotics safety platform is deployed across more than 19,500 units globally. - FORT robotics safety platform

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Supply chain relationships

• Advantech

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Advantech supplies NVIDIA IGX Thor industrial edge-computing hardware for FORT safe physical-AI platform

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• Greenzie

  Outbound - Safety Control - Greenzie autonomous mowers use FORT Safe Remote Control hardware with integrated emergency-stop control

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• Agility Robotics

  Outbound - Machine Safety Controllers - FORT safety hardware is embedded in earlier versions of Agility’s Digit humanoid; the Digit 5 expansion is planned

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• Dataspeed

  Outbound - Safety Control - Dataspeed offers a FORT Robotics remote system as an optional Kinetic Kit add-on

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• Clearpath Robotics

  Outbound - Safety - Clearpath offers a FORT Robotics joystick as a PACS motion-stop sales and installation kit

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• 2025-08-06 - Series B extension - $18.9M - FORT Robotics closes $18.9M Series B extension

  FORT Robotics closed an additional $18.9 million Series B investment, taking its stated private funding total to $60.5 million. - source: fortrobotics.com

• 2022-07-12 - Series B - $25M - FORT Robotics raises $25M Series B for machine-communication safety platform

  FORT Robotics closed a $25 million Series B led by Tiger Global to expand its machine-communications safety platform. - source: fortrobotics.com

• 2021-03-18 - Venture round - $13M - FORT Robotics raises $13M funding round

  FORT Robotics closed $13 million in funding led by Prime Movers Lab to scale its automation safety and security platform. - source: fortrobotics.com

• Creative Ventures - Participant - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-18 - latest 2025-08-06
• Ahoy Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-18 - latest 2025-08-06
• Compound - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-18 - latest 2022-07-12
• FundersClub - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-18 - latest 2025-08-06
• GRIDS Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-07-12 - latest 2025-08-06
• Mark Cuban - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-18 - latest 2025-08-06
• Prime Movers Lab - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-18 - latest 2025-08-06
• Prologis Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-03-18 - latest 2022-07-12
• Tiger Global - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-07-12 - latest 2025-08-06
• Funders Club - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-07-12
• Gaingels - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-06
• Lemnos - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-07-12
• Lemnos Labs - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-03-18
• Mana Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-06
• Neman Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-06
• Quiet Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-03-18
• Ryuu - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-06

• Samuel Reeves - Founder and CEO - Leads FORT's strategy around safe, secure and scalable control infrastructure for robotics and physical AI systems.
• Nathan Bivans - Founding CTO - Leads the technical architecture behind FORT's Robotics Control Platform and safety-control systems.
• Amod Damle - Head of Product - Leads product direction for FORT's safety and control infrastructure across robotics and physical AI deployments.

Events

• 2026-10-14 - Product Launch - FORT Robotics launches Connectivity Aggregation for robot communications

  The software aggregates cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi and tactical radio, adapting as network conditions change. Customers can run it on their own hardware, independently or alongside FORT’s safety and security platform. FORT says the solution is in active rollout with several defence customers.

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• 2026-10-01 - Partnership - Agility and FORT Robotics sign MoU to expand Digit 5 safety partnership

  The architecture combines a safety pendant, on-robot communications and off-robot interfaces connecting Digit to external safety systems. FORT’s custom pendant sled integrates emergency-stop and enabling-device functionality for manual override during setup, maintenance and unexpected situations. The expanded framework covers joint hardware development, solutions engineering, regulatory compliance and deployment support as Digit 5 scales.

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• 2026-09-30 - Regulatory - FORT Robotics and Newbury Street II submit confidential draft S-4 for proposed merger

  The proposed combined company would be FORT Robotics Holdings, Inc., with Nasdaq ticker FROB. Closing is targeted for Q4 2026 or Q1 2027, subject to shareholder, SEC, regulatory and Nasdaq conditions.

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• 2026-08-18 - Market Signal - FORT Robotics signs proposed $556.6M SPAC combination

  The proposed transaction values the combined company at a $556.6 million pro forma enterprise value and FORT at a $500 million pre-money equity value. FORT expects about $201 million in gross proceeds assuming no shareholder redemptions, including more than $31 million of signed PIPE and non-redemption commitments; closing is targeted for Q4 2026 and remains subject to approvals and other conditions. FORT disclosed more than 600 cumulative customers and deployment across more than 19,500 units globally; the agreement does not yet make FORT a listed company.

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• 2026-06-22 - Product Launch - FORT Robotics adds NVIDIA Halos outside-in safety application

  FORT Robotics added an outside-in safety application to its physical-AI Trust Layer. The application uses the NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety Blueprint. The added layer provides external safety monitoring for physical-AI systems rather than primary robot autonomy.

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• 2026-06-22 - Product Launch - NVIDIA announces Halos for Robotics safety system for physical AI

  Halos for Robotics extends NVIDIA Halos from autonomous-vehicle safety into robotics and physical AI. The stack spans NVIDIA IGX Thor, Holoscan Sensor Bridge, Halos OS, Halos Core, the Outside-In Safety Blueprint and the Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab. Agility is the first robotics company working with NVIDIA to incorporate Halos for Robotics elements into Digit safety systems for logistics, manufacturing and warehouse operations.

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• 2026-05-27 - Acquisition - FORT Robotics acquires Mapless AI

  Mapless AI brought low-latency remote vehicle operation, human-in-the-loop autonomy supervision and onboard active-safety technology. FORT said the integration expands its Trust Platform from safety-certified machine control toward a broader supervised-autonomy architecture. The Mapless AI team brought automotive and deep-technology experience from Bosch, Apple, Uber, Aptiv and nuTonomy.

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• 2026-03-17 - Partnership - Advantech and FORT Robotics partner on safe physical AI edge system

  Advantech partnered with FORT to integrate FORT safety architecture into the MIC-735 edge AI system. The MIC-735 is powered by NVIDIA IGX Thor and targets robotics and AMR applications. The integration supports real-time safety commands for physical AI deployments.

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• 2025-08-06 - Funding - FORT Robotics closes $18.9M Series B extension

  Tiger Global led the extension, with returning and new investors participating. FORT allocated the capital to product expansion, next-generation machine-safety development and commercial growth. The company explicitly reported $60.5 million in cumulative funding after the close.

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• 2023-12-07 - Product Launch - FORT launches SIL 3-certified Safe Remote Control Pro

  FORT introduced Safe Remote Control Pro for autonomous vehicles and heavy machinery. The controller is part of FORT's Pro Series safety and control ecosystem. FORT positioned the product for secure, dynamic control of machines operating around people.

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• 2023-09-06 - Regulatory - FORT Endpoint Controller receives SIL 3 certification

  FORT's Endpoint Controller received SIL 3 functional safety certification under IEC 61508 from exida. The controller can send and receive SIL 3 safety commands over Wi-Fi or Ethernet. FORT said the system can communicate with up to 30 machines simultaneously.

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• 2022-07-12 - Funding - FORT Robotics raises $25M Series B for machine-communication safety platform

  Tiger Global led FORT Robotics' $25 million Series B. Prologis Ventures, Lemnos, GRIDS Capital, Creative Ventures, Compound and Funders Club participated. FORT said the financing would accelerate its machine-communications platform for controlling and securing robots, vehicles and industrial machines.

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• 2022-03-28 - Product Launch - FORT launches Nano Safety Controller for mobile robots

  FORT announced the Nano Safety Controller, an embeddable board for wireless safety and security commands. The system allows customers to build FORT safety communication directly into mobile robots and machines. FORT said the product was being piloted with a material-handling robot company and would become more widely available later.

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• 2021-03-18 - Funding - FORT Robotics raises $13M funding round

  Prime Movers Lab led the financing. Investors included Prologis Ventures, Quiet Capital, Lemnos Labs, Creative Ventures, Ahoy Capital, Compound, FundersClub and Mark Cuban. FORT said the funding would help scale its automation safety and security platform.

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Relationships

• Advantech

  Technology Partner - Advantech has a technology integration relationship with FORT Robotics for safe physical AI edge computing systems.

• NVIDIA

  Verified Safety Integration - FORT Robotics added an agentic safety application built with the NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety Blueprint.

• Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp

  Proposed Business Combination Counterparty - FORT Robotics and Newbury Street II submitted a confidential draft S-4 for their proposed merger; closing remains subject to approvals.

• Agility Robotics

  Partner - Agility and FORT signed an MoU expanding their existing safety collaboration for Digit 5, including an offboard safety bridge.

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Shared workflows

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Context tags

• Machine safety controller supplier - Peer Group - FORT Endpoint Controller is a safety controller for machines and robots.
• Collaborative safety control - Capability - FORT safety controls support human-adjacent operation of robots, autonomous vehicles, and heavy machines.
• Embedded robot control - Workflow - FORT endpoint controllers and embedded safety modules deliver low-level machine safety and control commands.
• Secure robotics communications - Workflow - FORT positions secure machine communication as a core layer of its robotics control platform.
• Robot safety-control infrastructure - Peer Group - FORT supplies safety, security and control infrastructure for robots and autonomous machines.
• Functional safety control - Capability - FORT products include SIL 3-certified safety-control hardware.
• Robot control safety layer - Stack Layer - FORT Robotics Control Platform spans wireless stop commands, endpoint controllers, safe remote control, and secure machine communications.
• Autonomous AI safety infrastructure - Peer Group - FORT provides safety and risk-control infrastructure for robots and autonomous systems operating near people.
• Embedded real-time control - Capability - FORT products handle real-time safety commands for autonomous machines and industrial edge systems.
• Industrial edge deployments - Customer Environment - FORT safety architecture is used in industrial, warehouse, construction, agriculture, mining, defense, delivery, and transportation environments.
• Robotics hardware supply chain - Customer Environment - FORT supplies safety-control hardware and infrastructure into robot and autonomous-machine stacks.
• Autonomy software - Stack Layer - FORT sits adjacent to autonomy stacks by providing safety and command infrastructure for autonomous machines.