Feather emerges from stealth with $7.6M raise, $29,900 general-purpose robot
Feather, a humanoid robotics startup founded by Hoa Mai and Parsa Bakhtiari, emerged from stealth on Sept 25 with a $7.6M pre-seed round led by Gradient, with Builder VC and Geometry participating. Its general-purpose robot is priced at $29,900 and the team has already crossed $1M in revenue, making it a notable new entrant.
Confirmed
- Funding: $7.6M pre-seed led by Gradient, with Builder VC, Geometry and others participating
- Product: a $29,900 general-purpose robot positioned as the "Android of robots" — not a full-stack hardware-plus-brain play like Tesla or Figure, but immediately deployable software and customizable hardware for developers
- Openness: developers can customize hardware specs including even arm length, and run third-party models such as Skild AI, Physical Intelligence and Generalist AI
- Traction: robots are cooking in restaurants and cleaning in science labs; revenue exceeds $1M while spending only a small portion of pre-seed capital
- Team: CEO Hoa Mai previously founded a humanoid company acquired by 1X and worked at Google and Apple; co-founder Parsa Bakhtiari was a hardware engineer who helped resolve the Tesla Model 3 battery fire crisis
Why it matters
- Feather's open-platform approach differentiates it from full-stack players like Tesla and Figure; if third-party robot model ecosystems mature, such platforms could be the vehicle for the industry's "Android moment"
- $1M+ in real-world revenue plus high capital efficiency is unusual for a pre-seed startup
2026-09-25 ~ 2026-09-25 · 5 related posts
Primary sources
- Feather Robotics exits stealth with $7.6M seed led by Gradient to build the 'Android of robotics' — darian314 ·
- Feather's humanoid robot platform costs $30K per unit; founders hail from 1X, Google, Apple — darian314 ·
- Feather lets developers customize hardware and swap in models from Skild or Physical Intelligence — darian314 ·
- [source] Feather Robotics exits stealth with $7.6M seed led by Gradient to build the 'Android of robotics' — darian314 · 2026-09-25
- [source] Feather's humanoid robot platform costs $30K per unit; founders hail from 1X, Google, Apple — darian314 · 2026-09-25
- [source] Feather lets developers customize hardware and swap in models from Skild or Physical Intelligence — darian314 · 2026-09-25
- Robot Platform Feather Passes $1M Revenue With Sold Units in Restaurants and Labs — darian314 · 2026-09-25
- Feather Robotics exits stealth with $7.6M pre-seed to sell a $29,990 general-purpose robot — darian314 · 2026-09-25