Ascent Robotics
ascent.ai
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Industrial Robotics
Robotic Software & Control Systems
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$86.9M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$45.7M
Venture round · Feb 2026 · 7 mo ago
Team
569
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +90% in a year
Hiring now
3
open roles
The money's age
Fresh money
7 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 17
Raised a round Venture round $45.7M · SEC Form D
2025
Team of 569 was 299 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Jun 30, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $10M · SEC Form D
Mar 31, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $22.4M · SEC Form D
Mar 17, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $8.8M · SEC Form D
2018
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Feb 2026 | $45.7M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jun 2025 | $10M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2022 | $22.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2021 | $8.8M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | ASCENT HOLDING CO. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Ryan GrayExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Tristan FlemingExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Kenneth RuggieroExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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How Ascent Robotics hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Ascent Robotics scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Ascent Robotics develops advanced robotics software that handles a diverse range of objects with flexibility and operates autonomously in response to the on-site environment while collaborating with humans. Its multinational team is led by Ken Kutaragi, known as the father of PlayStation, and hires technical artists and AI and full stack engineers. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
News
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ASUS Announces World's First 'Snapdragon X2 Elite' Powered Mini PC 'Ascent QN10', Featuring 80TOPS NPU in a 0.7L Chassisおっぺえnote
ASUS has announced the 'Ascent QN10', the world's first mini PC powered by the new Qualcomm 'Snapdragon X2 Elite' chip. Featuring an 18-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and an 80TOPS NPU, it is notable for its 0.7L volume, which is about 1/14th the size of a typic
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ASUS Ascent QN10 mini PC is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite 18-core Armv9 processor - CNX Software
ASUS Ascent QN10 is the first mini PC powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite 18-core Armv9 processor with 80 TOPS of AI performance for Windows
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ASUS Announces the Snapdragon X2 Elite Based Ascent QN10 Mini PC
ASUS today announced ASUS Ascent QN10, the world's first AI mini PC featuring an 80 TOPS NPU, redefining AI computing in an ultracompact form factor. Powered by the latest Snapdragon X2 Elite platform with an 18-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU, Ascent QN10 exceed
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Tech stack
The technologies known for Ascent Robotics, by layer.
Languages
Python
C++
C#
JavaScript
Databases
MySQL
Cloud & platforms
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
Developer tools
Adobe Photoshop
Blender
Git
Houdini
Substance 3D Painter
Practices & domains
Digital Twin
Knowledge Distillation
Model Distillation
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People
Ryan Gray
Executive Officer, Director
Tristan Fleming
Executive Officer, Director
Kenneth Ruggiero
Executive Officer, Director
Matthew Myers
Director
Greg Mauro
Director
West Nicole
Director
Roderick Nunn
Director
Nicole West
Director
Nitin Dahiya
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
33% ▼
Backend
33% ▼
Games
33% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Model Distillation to stack
Sep 2026
Added Amazon S3 to stack
Aug 2026
Added Amazon ECS to stack
Aug 2026
Added Substance 3D Painter to stack
Aug 2026
Added Houdini to stack
Aug 2026
Added C# to stack
Aug 2026
Added Blender to stack
Aug 2026
Added Adobe Photoshop to stack
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Tokyo
Tokyo
Japan
HQ
3 open roles 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Games
Jobs
≈ $32k – $86k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Tokyo
Python
C#
C++
Houdini
Robotics
Digital Twin
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Blender
Substance 3D Painter
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≈ $50k – $107k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Tokyo
Python
C++
Knowledge Distillation
Model Distillation
DevOps
Git
Robotics
Digital Twin
Management
Jira
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≈ $43k – $93k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Tokyo
Python
JavaScript
MySQL
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3
Amazon ECS
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$86.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
4