Formant
formant.ai
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Robotics AI
Robotic Software & Control Systems
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$45M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$21M
Venture round · Oct 2023 · 2 yr ago
Team
40
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
3
SignalFire, Picus Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
35 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
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
Oct 17, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $21M · Pulse 2.0
Jan 5, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $18M
Aug 13, 2019
Acquisition Formant Acquires Formation to Add Robot Remote Control to Its Fleet Management Solutions · businesswire.com
Dec 20, 2018
Raised a round Seed $6M · Pulse 2.0
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
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of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Oct 2023 | $21M | Intel Capital, GS Futures | Pulse 2.0 |
| Venture round | Jan 2022 | $18M | — | menafn.com |
| Seed | Dec 2018 | $6M | — | Pulse 2.0 |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Formant, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Jeffrey LinnellExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Kate MeLyndaExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
SignalFire 
Picus Capital 
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Overview
Formant is a software company that provides a cloud platform for observing, teleoperating and analysing robot fleets. Its tools work across robots from different manufacturers, and the company positions itself as a neutral operating layer for physical AI. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
News
Minimal Audio drops Formant, a free formant-shifting plugin for creative vocal production
Formant promises "real-time formant-shifting with musical, transparent results"
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Formant: Robotics Data And Operations Platform Company Secures $21 Million
Formant - a leading robotics data and operations platform - recently announced the completion of a $21 million funding round. The funding round was led by BMW i Ventures, with participation from new investors Intel Capital, GS Futures, and previous invest
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Formant is managing data so robotics companies don't have to
Today Formant is announcing a $21 million led by BMW i Venture sand featuring Intel Capital, GS Futures and SignalFire.
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Robot fleet management startup Formant nabs $18M investment
Robot fleet management startup Formant nabs $18M investment - SiliconANGLE
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Formant is solving the robotic Tower of Babel with a unified platform
If you're building a SaaS company or a web app, you're not going to roll your own analytics solution -- it's specialized work with lots of edge cases,
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Formant raises $18M to help companies manage fleets of robots
Formant, a startup developing a platform to help manage companies manage fleets of robots, has raised $18 million in venture capital.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Formant over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
64/100
Practices & domains
Physical AI
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People
Jeffrey Linnell
Executive Officer, Director
Kate MeLynda
Executive Officer
Christopher Farmer
Director
Jean Kovacs
Director
Kasper Sage
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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.
Sales
100% ▼
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Sales