Forbes · Jan 2025
Forbes profile says the founders launched Pivot Robotics to build AI-powered robotic arms for dangerous and labor-intensive factory work and notes partnerships with OSCO Industries and Mat Holdings.
AI for Robot Arms in Factories
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Pivot Robotics is a San Francisco-based industrial robotics company building autonomous finishing and inspection systems for manufacturing, especially high-mix foundries and aerospace/defense parts. Its software combines 3D vision, AI, adaptive control, and off-the-shelf robot arms to automate grinding, cutoff, sanding, machining, spraying, and in-line inspection in production environments.
Primary product
Proteus autonomous part-processing platform for robotic grinding/finishing and inspection
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Robotics Engineering
Sub-industry
Industrial automation / autonomous manufacturing
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B industrial automation systems
Sales-led enterprise deployments
Pilot-to-production engagements
Custom configuration and integration
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Founding Robotics Engineer
Work & culture
The public hiring and company pages emphasize first-principles problem solving, ownership, comfort with real-world messiness, and working directly on production-floor systems with engineers and manufacturing experts.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings show San Francisco on-site engineering roles at roughly $120K-$160K. No public benefits package or equity details were disclosed. Some roles are restricted to U.S. Persons because of ITAR/export-control requirements.
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based, sales-led, and demo/ROI-model driven; public pages invite prospects to schedule calls, visits, and application-specific ROI modeling rather than showing list pricing.
Differentiators
- —Zero-shot adaptation to new parts without CAD models or reprogramming
- —Production-proven in foundry environments
- —Adaptive force control that compensates for variation and tool wear
- —Integrated processing and inspection workflow
- —Harsh-environment design for dust, heat, and casting variation
- —Sub-2-year ROI claims on public case-study materials
- —1mm tolerance on cast iron and sub-millimeter precision claims for aerospace
Technology
3D vision
RGB data capture
foundation vision models
camera-first perception stack
adaptive control
force control
closed-loop control
real-time toolpath generation
over-the-air software updates
predictive maintenance
quality analytics
SPC dashboards
bin picking
self-tending automation
robotic grinding
inspection automation
Customers
OSCO Industries
Mat Holdings
high-mix manufacturers
cast-iron foundries
aerospace and defense manufacturers
Competitors
GrayMatter Robotics
Instinct Robotics
Cohesive Robotics
Omnirobotic
Roboticom
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
2.2K
Latest news
Economic Times · Jul 2024
Reports an undisclosed funding raise from NuVentures, with proceeds for team expansion, robot testing, and office space; notes prior YC and another U.S.-based fund.
Business Standard · Jul 2024
Confirms the NuVentures round and says the amount was undisclosed; identifies founders Siddharth Girdhar and Vignesh Rajmohan and the company as a Y Combinator 2024 cohort startup.
Y Combinator
YC company profile describing Pivot Robotics as AI software for industrial robotic arms, focused on metal grinding in foundries and deploying on 10+ robots.
Pivot Robotics
Official case-study page highlighting autonomous grinding at OSCO Industries, with public claims of sub-2-year ROI, 83% cycle-time reduction, and 1mm precision on cast iron components.
Jobs and careers at Pivot Robotics
5 jobs at Pivot Robotics
Account Executive - Enterprise I Paris
On-site
Sales
Paris
1w ago
On-site
Full-time
Financial Controller | Paris
On-site
Finance
Paris
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - Enterprise (London based)
On-site
Sales
London
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Pre-Sales Solution Consultant
On-site
Sales
Paris
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Submit your spontaneous application
On-site
General - Other
Paris
2y ago
On-site
Full-time