Rhoda AI
About
About Rhoda AI
Rhoda's Direct Video-Action architecture predicts future camera frames and uses a separate inverse-dynamics model to translate those predictions into robot motion. New observations repeatedly close the loop, while a long history of frames helps the robot distinguish stages of a task that look similar in a single image. Inference overlaps with action execution to maintain continuous movement.
Customer proofs of concept include unpacking bearings and separating their packaging, and clearing and collapsing large reusable industrial containers. These tasks combine forceful handling with finer actions on straps, tabs and deformable plastic. Rhoda also develops its own wheeled robot platform, pairing the learned control system with actuators and hardware intended for industrial manipulation.
Articles
Funding
- 2026-03-10 - Series A - $450M - Rhoda AI raises $450M Series A after emerging from stealth
source: reuters.com
- 2025-04-01 - Series A - $162.6M - Rhoda AI raises $162.6M Series A to develop humanoid robots
Rhoda AI raised a $162.6 million Series A round in April 2025 while developing humanoid robotics systems in stealth. - source: forbes.com
Investors
- Capricorn Investment Group - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- John Doerr - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Khosla Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Leitmotif - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Matter Venture Partners - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Mayfield - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Prelude Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Premji Invest - Lead - Investment Firm - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Temasek - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
- Xora - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-04-01 - latest 2026-03-10
Team
- Jagdeep Singh - CEO and Co-Founder
Research
- Rhoda demonstrates tactile sensing with touch-guided Direct Video-Action models
2026-10-13 - Research Publication - Tests cover normal and shear force, vibration and temperature, spanning millinewtons to over 40 newtons. Contact vibrations are sampled at approximately 500 Hz. Results are company-reported; the post does not release code, model weights or a downloadable dataset.
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Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-13 - Research Publication - Rhoda demonstrates tactile sensing with touch-guided Direct Video-Action models
Tests cover normal and shear force, vibration and temperature, spanning millinewtons to over 40 newtons. Contact vibrations are sampled at approximately 500 Hz. Results are company-reported; the post does not release code, model weights or a downloadable dataset.
Source - 2026-03-11 - Demonstration - Rhoda AI demonstrates FutureVision DVA model on real-world manipulation workflow
Rhoda AI demonstrated its FutureVision Direct Video Action model on a real-world manipulation workflow, showing the system completing the task without human intervention. The company framed the model around learning physical behavior from large-scale video pretraining rather than relying only on narrow task-specific robot data. The demonstration was presented as evidence that Rhoda's video-based control approach could handle higher-variability robotic work beyond tightly scripted lab settings.
Source - 2026-03-10 - Funding - Rhoda AI raises $450M Series A after emerging from stealth
Rhoda AI announced a $450 million Series A after emerging from stealth. The round values the company at $1.7 billion. Funding will support research, engineering, deployments, and growth.
Source - 2026-03-10 - Product Launch - Rhoda AI unveils FutureVision robot intelligence platform
Rhoda AI introduced FutureVision, a robot intelligence platform designed for variable commercial and industrial environments The system uses web-scale video learning to anticipate what happens around a robot and translate that into movement in real time FutureVision is intended to integrate with a wide range of existing robotic hardware
Source - 2025-04-01 - Funding - Rhoda AI raises $162.6M Series A to develop humanoid robots
Forbes reported that Rhoda AI raised a $162.6M Series A in April 2025, bringing total funding to $230M. The company is developing humanoid robotics systems in stealth, with public detail centered on bimanual manipulation.
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