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San Francisco startup building the Phantom humanoid robot for factory work and for US military and security tasks.

Leader Sankaet Pathak, Co-Founder and CEOBased in San Francisco, CaliforniaShares privateGroup Humanoid makers · US & Europe · robots built in the US and Europefoundation.bot

Where it stands: Two Phantom MK-1s sent to Ukraine for trials in early 2026, and $24 million in US military research contracts (reported). source

Privately held. Newcomer reported on 27 Jan 2026 that it was raising up to $500 million at a valuation above $3 billion; no close confirmed. Eric Trump is an investor and chief strategy adviser. source

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Latest23 Jul 2026HumanoidPrototypeReported

Phantom MK-2

The second-generation Phantom, which Foundation says is being designed around AMD Ryzen AI Embedded X100 processors and AMD FPGAs for hand control. The CEO has said it will be waterproof and dustproof and carry about twice MK-1's load. Not yet shown publicly as of early October 2026.

Source: Reuters (via KFGO) · more
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Phantom (MK-1)

Foundation's first production humanoid, built with in-house cycloid actuators and camera-based vision. It is leased to factories for material handling and offered to the US military for logistics, inspection and reconnaissance; two units were tested in Ukraine in 2026. Reuters reports leases of about $100,000 a year and defence units at about $300,000.

  • Height 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
  • Weight 176 lb (80 kg)
  • Speed 1.7 m/s
  • Wrist torque 20 Nm; shoulder torque 119 Nm; leg torque over 160 Nm
Source: Foundation · more

Timeline · customers, money, people, products

  • 19 Aug 2026PolicyCEO pitched Phantom for US southern-border surveillance after demos to DHS; DHS said it has no pilots or contracts with Foundation. Reported eWeek (citing Fox News)
  • 23 Jul 2026PartnerPartnered with AMD to run Phantom on Ryzen AI Embedded X100 chips; plans an October factory for 5,000 robots a year. Reported Reuters (via KFGO)
  • 30 May 2026CustomerCNBC reported two Phantom MK-1 robots were sent to Ukraine in early 2026 to test moving cargo in dangerous areas. Reported Babel (citing CNBC)
  • 23 Apr 2026MoneyReported to have won a $24 million Pentagon contract to test heavy-duty Phantom humanoids. Reported Fox Business
  • 27 Jan 2026MoneyReported to be raising as much as $500 million at a valuation above $3 billion. Reported Newcomer
  • 17 Dec 2025ProductCEO told Forbes Foundation aims to build 10,000 humanoids in 2026 and up to 50,000 by end of 2027, leased at about $100,000 a year. Reported Interesting Engineering (citing Forbes)
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