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Embodied AI · Palo Alto, United States

Palo Alto robotics company building the deployment and intelligence layer for the home. Its first product, LUME, is a floor lamp that doubles as a household robot — it lights the room, moves through the home and handles chores including folding laundry, tidying and making the bed — and gains new capabilities through software updates. Named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2026.

What they build

LUME

Timeline

0 stories and 1 funding round we covered, newest first. Dates are event dates; funding entries link to the story.

• Nov 3, 2026FundingRaised $11M in a Pre-Seed round, led by a16z Speedrun SYNCERE raises $11M for LUME, a floor lamp that folds laundry — The Robot Daily

Source: The Robot Daily reporting, company announcements and company websites. Funding figures as reported.