Full Name
Persona AI, Inc.
About
Persona AI is a Houston-based humanoid robotics startup founded in 2024 by Nicolaus Radford, Dr. Jerry Pratt, and Jide Akinyode. The company is developing an industrial humanoid robotics platform for skilled physical work in heavy industry, including shipyards, energy sites, construction, and manufacturing. Its modular platform is positioned for use cases such as welding, fabrication, construction, assembly, mining, inspection, and material handling. Persona says its technologies are conceptual designs and prototypes under development, with pre-production deliveries expected around the end of 2026 and broader deployment programs targeting 2027.
Technical Overview
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Robot Products
Funding History
Total $27M| Round | Amount | Valuation | Date | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | $27M | - | May 2025 | Unity Growth, Tides Ventures, Mirae Asset Group, Invicta Growth, Fathom Fund, Embedded Ventures, Wave Function Ventures, Zero Infinity Partners, dConstruct Technologies, Goose Capital, SGH, Sound Media Ventures, Kalea Ventures, K50 Ventures, Cofounder Ventures, Tola Capital, SGA Capital, Olive Hill Ventures, K2 Global | Source |
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