Catalog Systems Robotics foundation models & agent stacks Sanctuary AI

Sanctuary AI

https://sanctuary.ai/

Vancouver-based Physical AI company, founded 2018; originally built the Phoenix humanoid, and since 2026-06 deploys hardware-agnostic Physical AI on existing commercial industrial robots (Tier 1 automotive proof-of-concept), with hydraulic hands in development.

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At a glance

Type
General-purpose humanoid (Phoenix) — cognitive-architecture-led vendor fix
Tier
T3
Section
Robotics foundation models & agent stacks
Created
2018 (founded) vendor fix
Latest release
Phoenix Gen 7 (2023) vendor fix
License
not applicable — not OSS fix
GitHub
not applicable — no GitHub repo fix
Pricing
not applicable — wrong section fix
Funding
$130M+ total (Bell + Magna + EvokOne) third-party fix
Freshness
2026-10-29 fix
Layer
large-models repo fix
Licensing
commercial vendor fix
Platform vs product
product vendor fix

When to use

Optimised for: Cognitive-architecture-driven humanoid (Carbon) vs end-to-end VLA

Anti-fit: Smaller funding than top humanoid makers; cognitive-arch approach less aligned with current FM trend

Pros & cons

Pros

Distinctive cognitive-architecture lineage (ex-D-Wave / Kindred); Magna pilot.

Cons

Smaller funding than peers; cognitive-arch is unproven vs end-to-end VLA momentum.

Claims & capabilities

Phoenix (Gen 7) launched May-2023; Carbon cognitive architecture; Magna pilot Mar-2024

Technical surface

API surface
No public API
Backend storage
Internal Sanctuary cloud (Carbon arch.)
Deployment
Direct customer pilot
Embedding model
not applicable — not a memory product
Multi-tenancy
Per-customer pilot
MCP
not applicable — wrong section
A2A
not applicable — wrong section
OpenTelemetry
not applicable — wrong section

Similar systems

Other robotics foundation models & agent stacks in the catalog, ranked by inbound references.

  • Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics T1

    Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics + Gemini Robotics-ER (Embodied Reasoning) released Mar-2025. VLA models built on Gemini 2.0 backbone. Reference platform: Apptronik Apollo. The DeepMind line of robotics-FM, descendant of earlier RT-1 / RT-2 / RT-X work.

  • Physical Intelligence (π) T1

    Founded 2024 by Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley) and Karol Hausman + others (ex-Google Brain Robotics). Building general-purpose robot foundation models (π0 released Oct-2024; π0.5 in 2025) trained on cross-embodiment robot trajectories. Raised $400M Series A (Nov-2024; Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive, Lux) at $2.4B val. Released π0.7 (2026-04-16) and opened its models through the Pi API beta (2026-10-13).

  • 1X Technologies T2

    Norway / US humanoid robot company — Eve (wheeled bimanual) + Neo (legged humanoid, consumer-targeted, late 2025 / 2026 launch). Raised $100M Series B (Jan-2024, EQT + OpenAI Startup Fund); $40M Series A (Mar-2023, OpenAI lead). Distinguishing feature: consumer-home positioning rather than industrial.

  • Agility Robotics T2

    Oregon-based humanoid maker; Digit is in production at GXO Logistics warehouses since Sep-2024 — claimed first humanoid in commercial service in the US. Spinout of Oregon State University. $400M+ raised (Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund participant).

  • Apptronik T2

    Apollo humanoid maker, spun out of University of Texas Human Centered Robotics Lab. Raised $350M Series A (Feb-2025; B Capital + Capital Factory); Mercedes-Benz manufacturing partner (Mar 2024). Partnered with Google DeepMind on Gemini Robotics (Mar 2025) — Apollo is the headline reference platform for Gemini Robotics.

  • Collaborative Robotics T3

    Founded 2022 by Brad Porter (ex-Amazon Robotics VP + Scale AI CTO). Stealthier than the humanoid pack; raised $100M Series B Apr-2024 (General Catalyst). Targets warehouse + healthcare collaborative robots.

Sources (32 cited facts, 1 third-party)

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