# Viam

> Viam is a New York-based software platform that lets engineers build, deploy, and manage AI, data, and automation in the physical world across any hardware - from a single prototype to a global fleet. Founded in 2020 by MongoDB co-founder and former CTO Eliot Horowitz, Viam treats robots, sensors, cameras, and machines as programmable building blocks, giving hardware and software teams a common, modular, largely open-source stack. It powers everything from arena concession lines to robotic kitchens, marine sonar, and industrial equipment, and has raised $117M to date.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Eliot Horowitz (Founder & CEO (co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB))
- **Team size:** ~260 employees (distributed across the US and Europe, with an onsite robotics lab in New York)
- **Products:** Viam Platform, Fleet Management, AI & Data Pipeline, Control & Motion / Modular Registry
- **Notable:** Raised $117M total across Seed/A, $45M Series B (2024), and $30M Series C (2025), Founded by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB (a ~$14B+ public company), Named to The Robot Report's RBR50 for combining open-source robotics with integrated cloud services

## Products & services

- **Viam Platform** — A unified software platform that connects to any hardware (sensors, cameras, motors, robots, machines) and lets engineers configure, program, and control them with familiar software practices.
- **Fleet Management** — Tools to deploy, monitor, and update software across thousands of distributed devices remotely, including over-the-air updates and remote diagnostics, resilient to low connectivity.
- **AI & Data Pipeline** — Edge data capture, model training and inference, and a unified data view that turns sensor and visual data into actionable insight - for predictive maintenance, safety monitoring, and operational efficiency.
- **Control & Motion / Modular Registry** — Reusable, largely open-source modules for device control and motion, plus a registry where the community can publish and share integrations for new hardware.

## Achievements

- Raised $117M total across Seed/A, $45M Series B (2024), and $30M Series C (2025)
- Founded by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB (a ~$14B+ public company)
- Named to The Robot Report's RBR50 for combining open-source robotics with integrated cloud services
- Signed UBS Arena / New York Islanders as Official AI Technology Partner
- Expanded into marine, QSR, climate tech, and industrial manufacturing verticals

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Announced UBS Arena / New York Islanders partnership as Official AI Technology Partner and pushed to get more engineers building with robots.
- **2025-03** — Closed a $30M Series C led by Union Square Ventures, bringing total funding to $117M, to expand across enterprise sectors including Europe and Italy's industrial market.
- **2024-03** — Closed $45M Series B and broadened the platform beyond robotics toward general no-code/low-code automation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.viam.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/viaminc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/viamrobotics
- GitHub: https://github.com/viamrobotics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@viamrobotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viamrobotics/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viamrobotics/

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