# Anvil Robotics

> Anvil Robotics is a Palo Alto-based hardware and software company building a composable platform for Physical AI. It sells ready-to-run robot devkits - most notably the open-source OpenARM bimanual manipulator and the OpenYAM arm - bundled with teleoperation, data-collection, and training tooling so teams can train end-to-end robot policies on day one instead of spending six months sourcing and wiring parts. Backed by a $6.5M seed round, Anvil manufactures in-house in Taiwan and has shipped hundreds of robots to customers including Nvidia, Google, and university labs.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Mike Xia (Co-founder & CEO), Vijay Pradeep (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~14 employees
- **Products:** OpenARM, OpenYAM, Quest Bi-Manual Teleop Kit, Leader-Follower Teleop Kit, Devkits & components
- **Notable:** Raised a $6.5M seed round led by Matter Venture Partners and Humba Ventures (April 2026)., Shipped hundreds of robots to 60+ countries since September 2025., Built a 50+ customer base entirely through inbound, word-of-mouth demand.

## Products & services

- **OpenARM** — Open-source bimanual (two-armed) manipulator with roughly 7 degrees of freedom per arm, built from CNC parts and sheet metal. Its humanoid form factor gives teleoperators near-zero learning curve.
- **OpenYAM** — Lower-cost open-source desktop manipulator arm, offered with Quest or GELLO teleoperation for accessible data collection and training.
- **Quest Bi-Manual Teleop Kit** — Uses Quest 3 pose tracking with high-speed IK solvers to control bimanual robots out of the box, at 1 kHz control.
- **Leader-Follower Teleop Kit** — Physical leader handles that puppet the follower robot for high-fidelity demonstration data.
- **Devkits & components** — Bundled hardware + software kits (Linux devbox, grippers, 60fps camera modules, wheeled lift base) that ship ready to train models like ACT, GR00T, and Pi-0.6.

## Achievements

- Raised a $6.5M seed round led by Matter Venture Partners and Humba Ventures (April 2026).
- Shipped hundreds of robots to 60+ countries since September 2025.
- Built a 50+ customer base entirely through inbound, word-of-mouth demand.
- Counts Nvidia and Google among its customers.
- Released OpenARM 1.0, an open-source bimanual manipulator.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Announced a $6.5M seed round led by Matter Venture Partners and Humba Ventures.
- **2026-04** — Expanded devkit lineup with OpenARM and OpenYAM configurations shipping in ~2 weeks.
- **2025-09** — Began shipping robots at volume; passed 100+ units shipped.

## Links

- Website: https://anvil.bot
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anvil-robotics
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/anvil_robotics
- GitHub: https://github.com/anvil-robotics

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Last updated: 2026-07-07