Formant

Formant

Robot fleet data management and analysis

Overview

Formant provides a platform that helps organizations manage and analyze data from large fleets of robots across industries such as logistics, manufacturing, and agriculture. It ingests data from robots, stores and organizes it, and offers tools for real-time and historical analysis, visualization, and remote teleoperation. Users can monitor hundreds or thousands of devices from a single dashboard, build insights, and run exploratory workflows with AI helpers powered by large language models. Compared with others, Formant emphasizes scalability for big fleets, integrated fleet management with data visualization and teleoperation, and AI-assisted insights, all delivered on a subscription basis. The goal is to help customers optimize robotic operations, improve efficiency, and reduce downtime by centralizing data and enabling actionable intelligence across their robotic deployments.

About Formant

Simplify's Rating
Why Formant is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Robotics & Automation

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$45M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Revenue grew over five times year-over-year powering tens of thousands of robots globally.
  • $21M funding led by BMW i Ventures accelerates enterprise expansion post-$18M Series A.
  • Partnerships with Holman, SoftBank, and Kinova drive adoption in automotive and cleaning sectors.

What critics are saying

  • NVIDIA Isaac erodes differentiation by integrating simulation and analytics for ROS2 robots.
  • AWS RoboMaker bundles free tiers, undercutting Formant's subscription for Scythe and Burro clients.
  • EU AI Act mandates audits halting EU onboarding for SoftBank and Kinova by mid-2026.

What makes Formant unique

  • Formant's Theopolis AI interface enables non-technical users to query robotic data directly.
  • Agentic workflows autonomously triage alarms and predict failures using investigation blueprints.
  • Cloud platform integrates teleoperation for Kinova Gen3 arms and SoftBank cleaning robots.

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Funding

Total Funding

$45M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

0%
The Robot Report
Nov 6th, 2024
Formant Partners With Holman On Cloud Robotics Platform

Listen to this article. Formant, a developer of a leading cloud robotics platform, has partnered with Holman, a global automotive services company. This collaboration will combine Formant’s cloud robotics platform with Holman’s fleet and automotive expertise. Formant’s expertise in cloud robotics shares a number of natural synergies with Holman’s suite of commercial automotive services, which includes fleet management and leasing, upfitting, and vocational vehicle equipment manufacturing. Formant said the commercial partnership with Holman will help fuel the growth and ongoing development of its robotics platform, which transforms how businesses manage their fleet while integrating physical automation

The Robot Report
May 1st, 2024
Formant Launches Analytics Feature To Optimize Fleet Performance

Listen to this articleThe interface of the Analytics feature, designed to help optimize robot fleet performance. | Source: Formant. Formant Inc. today announced the launch of its Formant Analytics feature. The tool aims to help robotics users optimize fleet performance, make data-informed business decisions, and easily prove their return on investment, or ROI. Formant said it created the feature in response to the growing demand for data-driven insights in robotics

The Spy Who Billed Me
Dec 22nd, 2023
Formant Partners with Softbank to Enhance Cleaning Robots with Advanced Data Platform

Formant partners with Softbank to enhance cleaning robots with advanced data platform.

The Robot Report
Dec 22nd, 2023
Formant’S Data Platform Comes To Softbank’S Cleaning Robots

Listen to this articleWhiz is SoftBank’s best-selling cleaning robot. | Credit: SoftBank. SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA) is partnering with Formant, a leading developer of robot management systems. Formant’s cloud platform helps robotics companies deploy, scale, and manage their fleets. It also provides data to end users to help prove the ROI of their robots. The partnership will drive deeper integration across the portfolio of SoftBank’s cleaning robots

SoftBank Robotics Group Corp.
Dec 22nd, 2023
SoftBank Robotics America Partners with Formant to Expand Transformation of Work Solutions.

SAN FRANCISCO (December 21, 2023) - SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA), the North American division of the global leader in robotics solutions with over 20,000 robots deployed, has announced a strategic partnership with Formant, the leading robot management system (RMS).

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