Lightberry charges $20K/year for software on its $39,990 humanoid robot built on Unitree G1
garrytan · x · 2026-11-01
San Francisco startup Lightberry is betting businesses will pay hefty recurring fees for humanoid robots that interact well with people. Its first robot, Lumi — a 1.3m humanoid built on Unitree's G1 platform — costs $39,990, plus $20,000/year for software: roughly $40K for the robot and another $40K over two years. Lightberry doesn't train foundation models; it swaps the onboard computer, adds its own cameras and microphones, and runs on NVIDIA Jetson Thor, with perception and movement handled locally and conversation/planning in the cloud. The software focuses on behavior around humans — deciding when to speak and when to listen.
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