VC Tavern · Apr 2026
Coverage says Lightberry was pursuing a $3 million seed round to expand its socially intelligent robotics software, deepen OEM integrations, and grow its SDK ecosystem.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Lightberry builds software that gives robots a social layer: robots can talk, see, and learn through human interaction without coding, and the software is shipped directly inside partner robots.
Primary product
Social brain / human-robot interaction software for robots
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Robotics Engineering
Sub-industry
Human-robot interaction software
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$1.3M
Latest round
Seed · Feb 2026
Latest amount
$653.4K
Investors
Early-stage robotics team focused on making robots socially fluent and personality-driven; public hiring messages emphasize designers, roboticists, and animators.
Compensation
Public YC job postings list Robotics Engineer at $150K-$225K plus 0.25%-1.00% equity, and Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Voice AI at $130K-$280K plus 0.25%-1.00% equity.
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to sell embedded software / OEM integrations rather than a consumer SaaS plan.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
VC Tavern · Apr 2026
Coverage says Lightberry was pursuing a $3 million seed round to expand its socially intelligent robotics software, deepen OEM integrations, and grow its SDK ecosystem.
Blitzscaling Ventures · Feb 2026
Investor post says Lightberry gives humanoid robots the ability to see, hear, speak, and collaborate naturally with humans, and highlights CEO Ali Attar and the team’s robotics vision.
TBPN Digest · Dec 2025
Interview-style coverage says Lightberry closed a Unitree deal, is positioning itself as a natural-language OS for humanoid robots, and has early deployments in people-facing settings.
Y Combinator · Nov 2025
Official launch post describing Lightberry as the social brain for robots; it highlights no-code control, partnerships with Unitree and Booster, and deployment into homes, offices, shops, and conferences.
Ali Attar / LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Ali Attar’s launch post describes Lightberry’s software as an OS layer for humanoid robots and says it integrates with major robot manufacturers like Unitree and Booster.