# Jacobi Robotics

> Jacobi Robotics is a UC Berkeley spinout building AI-powered motion planning software that lets industrial robot arms be programmed and deployed in under a day instead of a month. Its platform generates collision-free trajectories in under a millisecond, and its flagship product, the Jacobi OmniPalletizer, handles real-time mixed-case palletizing without pre-sequencing. Founded in 2022 and launched publicly in 2024 with a $5M seed round, the company partners with robotics providers like Formic and ABB to bring faster, cheaper automation to manufacturers and warehouses.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Emeryville, California, United States
- **Founders:** Max Cao (Co-founder & CEO), Yahav Avigal (Co-founder), Jeff Ichnowski (Co-founder), Lars Berscheid (Co-founder), Ken Goldberg (Co-founder & Advisor)
- **Team size:** ~18 employees
- **Products:** Jacobi Platform, Jacobi OmniPalletizer / Mixed Palletizer, Developer / integrator tooling
- **Notable:** Programs robots roughly 20x faster than traditional tools - deployment in under a day vs. about a month., Real-time collision-free trajectory generation with compute times below 1 millisecond., Claims ~1000x less computational time than existing motion-planning approaches.

## Products & services

- **Jacobi Platform** — AI-powered robotics software for motion planning, perception, and grasping that generates collision-free trajectories in real time (under 1 millisecond) and works across major robot arm brands.
- **Jacobi OmniPalletizer / Mixed Palletizer** — An AI-driven palletizing product that stacks varying case sizes in real time without pre-sequencing, with a studio interface to design and standardize palletizing across projects.
- **Developer / integrator tooling** — Tools that let robot solution providers program and reprogram robot cells in under a day, reducing deployment time and cost for end customers.

## Achievements

- Programs robots roughly 20x faster than traditional tools - deployment in under a day vs. about a month.
- Real-time collision-free trajectory generation with compute times below 1 millisecond.
- Claims ~1000x less computational time than existing motion-planning approaches.
- Partners reported ~95% reduction in deployment time and ~24% savings in overall project cost.
- Launched publicly in July 2024 with a $5M seed round.
- Secured collaborations with ABB Robotics and Formic.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Announced collaboration with ABB Robotics to bring AI-powered palletizing to ABB's integrator network.
- **2025-03** — Partnered with Photoneo to deliver AI-powered robotic automation for warehouses.
- **2024-07** — Emerged from stealth and launched publicly with a $5M seed round led by Moxxie Ventures.
- **2024-01** — Announced partnership with Formic to rapidly configure robotic cells using AI.

## Links

- Website: https://jacobirobotics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jacobi-robotics
- GitHub: https://github.com/jacobirobotics

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Last updated: 2026-08-04