New Robotics Start

Bot company, a startup robotics founded by the previous co -founder and general director of Cruise Kyle Vogt, collected $ 150 million in a round run by Greenoaks, According to Reutersciting unnamed sources.

Vogt founded a startup with Paril Jain, who managed the AI ​​Tech team in Tesla and former Cruise Luke Holoubek software engineer. Vogt didn’t answer the request for comment.

The fresh financing round takes place lower than a yr since Vogt has launched BOT, which goals to provide a robot focused on housekeeping. The BOT company was launched in May $ 150 million From the previous general director and investor Github, Nat Friedman, founding father of Pioneer and investor Daniel Gross, General Capital Spark Nubeel Hyatt, General Director of Stripe Patrick Collison, co -founder of Stripe John Collison and Quiet Capital.

The recent startup was launched about five months after Vogt resigned from the function of Cruise General Director, an autonomous startup of vehicles, which he founded in 2013 and later was taken over by General Motors. His resignation took place after the incident of October 2, by which the cruise vehicle runs and dragged the pedestrian 20 feet after the pedestrian was hit by a person -powered automobile.