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Company

Sanctuary AI

Customers
Magna [1]
Deployment
Retail store, Canada — teleoperated humanoid completing 110 retail tasks [2]
Deployment
Magna manufacturing facility — humanoid robot pilot [1]
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada [3] [4] sources disagree
Introduced
2023 [4]
latest_round
$30M from Canadian government (bringing total funding north of $100M) [4]
Latest round investors
Canadian government [4]
Partners
Microsoft (general-purpose robot research) [6] [7]
Payload
55 pounds [4]
Top speed
three miles an hour [4]
Website
https://sanctuary.ai [8]

Robots

Competes with

Companies with robots in the same categories — computed, not sourced.

Timeline

  1. Sanctuary AI validates physical AI performance at Tier 1 automotive supplier The Robot Report
  2. Remarkable robotic hand can now manipulate the objects that it's holding New Atlas
  3. Microsoft invests in humanoid robots with start-up Sanctuary AI The Decoder
  4. Microsoft taps Sanctuary AI for general-purpose robot research TechCrunch
  5. Interview: Suzanne Gildert leaves Sanctuary to focus on AI consciousness New Atlas
  6. General-purpose humanoid is faster on the uptake, works for longer New Atlas
  7. Sanctuary’s new humanoid robot learns faster and costs less TechCrunch
  8. European car manufacturer will pilot Sanctuary AI’s humanoid robot TechCrunch
  9. Video: High-speed humanoid feels like a step change in robotics New Atlas
  10. Sanctuary AI secures IP assets to advance touch, grasping in general-purpose robots The Robot Report
  11. Sanctuary rolls out Phoenix, a Carbon-based humanoid AI labor robot New Atlas
  12. Sanctuary’s Humanoid Robot Is for General-Purpose Autonomy IEEE Spectrum
  13. Sanctuary AI’s new humanoid robot stands 5’7″ and lifts 55 lb TechCrunch

References

  1. techcrunch.com — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    Sanctuary AI announced that it will be delivering its humanoid robot to a Magna manufacturing facility.
  2. spectrum.ieee.org — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    successful commercial deployment of the teleoperated system at a store in Canada (where it was able to complete 110 retail-related tasks)
  3. sanctuary.ai — retrieved Aug 5, 2026
  4. techcrunch.com — retrieved Sep 2, 2026
    The Vancouver, British Columbia, firm just unveiled Phoenix
  5. sanctuary.ai — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
  6. the-decoder.com — retrieved Aug 7, 2026
    Microsoft strengthens its commitment to AI and robotics by collaborating with Sanctuary AI
  7. techcrunch.com — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    the tech giant announced a collaboration with Figure competitor Sanctuary AI
  8. wikidata.org — retrieved Aug 5, 2026