Persona AI
ACTIVEStartupRobotics company
Persona AI is a robotics startup building industrial humanoid robots for welding, construction, and energy applications.
Founded2024
HQHouston
Total funding$27000B
Persona AI
Founded 2024 · Houston, USAPersona AI is a Houston, Texas-based robotics startup founded by Nick Radford, formerly the lead of NASA's Valkyrie humanoid robot program at Johnson Space Center. The company focuses on designing industrial humanoid robots for demanding physical environments including welding, construction, fabrication, energy, and shipyards. In March 2026, Persona AI announced a partnership with HD Hyundai Robotics and HD KSOE (Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering) targeting shipyard applications.
Founders
Domain of activity
3 areasWhat they do3Areas
- Humanoid robots
- Industrial robots
- Embodied AI
Global presence
HQ Houston · 1 regionsUSA
Scale & funding
founded 2024 · Pre-seed2024founded
$27Mtotal funding
Pre-seedlatest round
earlydevelopment stage
activestatus
$27M
total funding
Pre-seedOversubscribed pre-seed round.
$27M
Profile & metadata
3 classification · 1 external linksClassification
- Statusactive
- Development stageearly
- Organization typeStartup
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