Companies · Robotics

Iris AutomationSummer 2016Acquired

San Francisco · CA, USA; Remote · Robotics · founded 2016 · http://www.irisonboard.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Iris Automation — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Iris Automation: limited disclosed financing to assess.

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Where it sits in Robotics

Iris Automation is one of 327 Robotics companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote, on record since 2016. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 35% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software

The future for autonomous industrial drones is in sight - Enabling safer drone operation through intelligent collision avoidance. We are a Y Combinator and Silicon Valley investor company with a team from NASA, Boeing and PhDs in computer vision. Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/y7tm4zr8 Website: www.IrisOnBoard.com

AIComputer VisionDronesai/mlhardware/semirobotics
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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 327 companies in Robotics. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$6.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$34.4M

Raised more than 35% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 35% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

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Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Iris Automation is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
3Laws Robotics Inc.RoboticsSeed$2.0M$21.7Msame sector
6thSenseRoboticssame sector
Accel Robotics CorpRoboticsSeries A$11.4M$138.1Msame sector
Advanced Image Robotics, Inc.RoboticsSeed$2.5M$19.9Msame sector
Advanced Metal ResearchRoboticssame sector
Aerones Inc.RoboticsSeries B$38.9M$417.0Msame sector
Agility Robotics, Inc.RoboticsSeries D+$157.5M$2.5Bsame sector
AiM Medical Robotics Inc.RoboticsSeries A$11.7M$22.7Msame sector
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Seeing Systems
Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence
AI / ML81%
Corvus Robotics, Inc.
Autonomous drones to help warehouses scan inventory.
RoboticsSeries A$33.1M81%
IRIS AI Technologies, Inc.AI / MLSeries A$18.8M81%
Segments.ai
Build better computer vision models by building better datasets
Robotics79%
DroneSense, Inc.RoboticsSeries A$106.1M78%
Intuitive Autonomy Inc.RoboticsSeed$767K78%
Iris Technology, Inc.Software / TechPre-Seed$16.9M78%
Paladin Drones Inc.RoboticsSeries B$77.1M78%
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What does Iris Automation do and where is it based?
Iris Automation operates in the Robotics sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote. Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software
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