Anvil Robotics

Summary active Updated May 25, 2026

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Location San Francisco, CA
Founded 2025
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $6.5M
Website https://www.anvilrobotics.com
Sector
robotics hardware AI

Founders

Mike Xia CEO
Vijay Pradeep CTO

About

Anvil Robotics is an eight-month-old startup that builds customizable robots described as “Legos for robots” 1. The San Francisco-based company operates as an integrated hardware, software, and manufacturing platform, enabling physical AI teams to build, configure, and rapidly deploy robotic systems 1. Robots are typically priced between $1,900 and $10,000, and the company has delivered over 100 units globally since beginning shipments in September 2025 1. Anvil has a significant manufacturing presence in Taiwan, enabling 1-2 day shipping via air freight 1.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2025 Pre-Seed $1M Matter Venture Partners — 1
2026-04-02 Seed $5.5M Matter Venture Partners, Humba Ventures DNX Ventures, Spacecadet Ventures, Position Ventures, Vivek Sodera 123

What Investors Say

Haomiao Huang, Matter Venture Partners: “Behind great generations of products are foundational platform enablers…to be to physical AI what AWS has been to SaaS” 1.

What Founders Say

Mike Xia, CEO and co-founder: “We support physical AI teams who don’t have $100 million, to make this industry much more accessible” 1.

Mike Xia on pricing: “I think the pricing is going down to a point where researchers and individuals are able to afford this” 1.

Mike Xia on the platform’s appeal: “If you work with Anvil, you’re not locked into a single vendor, plus you have large communities behind you” 1.

Sources

  1. Crunchbase News, “Exclusive: Anvil Robotics Raises $5.5M to Build ‘Legos for Robots’ Platform For Physical AI Teams,” April 2, 2026. https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/physical-ai-custom-robot-builder-seed-funding-anvil/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  2. AI Insider, “Anvil Robotics Raises $6.5M in Funding for Composable Modules Physical AI Platform,” April 3, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/04/03/anvil-robotics-raises-6-5m-in-funding-for-composable-modules-physical-ai-platform/↩

  3. Humanoids Daily, “Anvil Robotics Secures $6.5M to Build a Composable ‘Physical AI’ Stack,” April 2, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/anvil-robotics-secures-6-5m-to-build-a-composable-physical-ai-stack↩