Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
FORT Robotics is a Philadelphia-based robotics safety and control company that provides a trust layer for physical AI and autonomous machines. Its platform combines safety-certified hardware, secure communications, fleet-management software, and integrations to help robots and mobile equipment operate safely around people.
Primary product
FORT Robotics Control Platform, including Safe Remote Control and Safe Remote Control Pro, Wireless E-Stop Pro, Endpoint Controller, Nano Safety Controller Pro, Vehicle Safety Controller, and FORT Manager software.
Founded
2018
Headquarters
1608 Walnut Street, 12th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States
Team size
40-60
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Automation Machinery Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Industrial robotics safety, autonomous-machine control, functional safety, and industrial automation software
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$60.5M
Latest round
Additional Series B financing · Aug 2025
Latest amount
$18.9M
Aug 2025 · Tiger Global
Jul 2022 · Tiger Global
Seed / Series A-equivalent venture round
Mar 2021 · Prime Movers Lab
Dec 2018
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Founding CTO
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief People Officer
SVP of Engineering
Head of Product
VP of Sales
Jon Ibrahim
Senior Director of Customer Experience
FORT emphasizes mission-driven work at the intersection of safety, robotics, autonomy, and industrial technology. Public careers materials describe a collaborative, fast-growing environment focused on meaningful real-world impact, customer experience, thought leadership, and solving difficult safety problems. Roles show a mix of remote commercial positions and Philadelphia-based engineering and operations work.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
FORT advertises competitive pay, equity options, and benefits. A public sales posting describes approximately a 50/50 base-and-variable compensation split with commission and upside for overperformance. Specific salary bands are generally not publicly disclosed.
Benefits
Pricing
Quote-based enterprise pricing for hardware, FORT Manager and platform access, OEM orders, and support/services; public list pricing was not found.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1M-$10M based on third-party company estimates; other commercial databases estimate approximately $5M-$25M or $10.7M. No audited public revenue was found.
Estimated monthly visits
8.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
FORT Robotics acquired Mapless AI for an undisclosed amount. The transaction adds remote human-in-the-loop teleoperation and onboard active-safety capabilities, while introducing integration and execution risk associated with combining teams and technology.
SourceFORT raised an additional $18.9 million in Series B financing, indicating continued access to capital but also ongoing dependence on venture funding as a private growth company.
SourceFORT Robotics · Jun 2026
FORT announced participation in the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics ecosystem and demonstrated an outside-in safety approach using external infrastructure sensors, visual AI agents, NVIDIA IGX Thor, and Holoscan Sensor Bridge.
FORT Robotics · Jun 2026
FORT partnered with OpenJAUS to add native RAS-G Interoperability Profile support, targeting defense and government ground-autonomy programs and reducing integration work for IOP-compliant systems.
FORT Robotics · May 2026
FORT acquired Mapless AI, adding remote human-in-the-loop teleoperation and onboard active safety to its safety-certified machine-control platform.
PR Newswire / FORT Robotics · Jan 2026
FORT launched a wearable Wireless E-Stop Pro with SIL 3 certification, up to 200 meters of wireless range, IP65 ruggedization, and long-range Bluetooth for dense industrial environments.
PR Newswire / FORT Robotics · Aug 2025
FORT raised an additional $18.9 million in Series B financing led by Tiger Global. The company said the capital would support product enhancements, analytics, international compliance, and growth.
4 jobs at FORT Robotics