What it sells
Robots with soul
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedBusinesses wanting an interactive robot for crowds and customer engagement (SDK to extend for business); early adopters.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Want a ready-to-use interactive robot without a robotics team; limited 100-unit Founder Edition shipping 2026.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Robot entertains crowds, converses, tells stories, takes photos, looks up info and guides people; behaviour shaped by talking to it or via Lightberry SDK.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Hardware sale plus software access (Founder Edition includes 1 year of software, valued $20k); plans to bring hardware price into $20k range.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct online reservation with $200 refundable deposit; Slack support for founders.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Fall 2025 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.