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Funding and backers

Total raised
$114M
9 rounds on record
Latest round
$84M
Venture round · Jan 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
8
+5 posted in 30 days
Grants
$2.8M
7 grants · CORDIS
Backers
5
Atlantic, 83North
The money's age
Long since its last round
56 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
25/100
hiring for its size
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
Mar 1, 2025 Won a grant $361k · CORDIS Jun 1, 2023 Won a grant $47k · CORDIS Mar 1, 2023 Won a grant $281k · CORDIS Jul 1, 2022 Won a grant $557k · CORDIS Jan 25, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $84M · YahooFinance Nov 1, 2021 Won a grant $210k · CORDIS Nov 1, 2021 Won a grant CORDIS Aug 21, 2020 Raised a round Series B $30M · led by 83North · YahooFinance May 1, 2019 Won a grant $1.3M · CORDIS 2017 Founded
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Web presence
top 0.46%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Mar 2025 $361k — CORDIS
Grant Jun 2023 $47k — CORDIS
Grant Mar 2023 $281k — CORDIS
Grant Jul 2022 $557k — CORDIS
Venture round Jan 2022 $84M — YahooFinance
Grant Nov 2021 — — CORDIS
Grant Nov 2021 $210k — CORDIS
Series B Aug 2020 $30M 83North lead, Next47, Mi YahooFinance
Grant May 2019 $1.3M — CORDIS
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Wandelbots GmbH its site
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Christian PiechnickCEOcompany's site
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Overview

Wandelbots is a Dresden company founded in 2017 that makes industrial robots easier to programme. Its NOVA software platform lets automation engineers, system integrators and developers program, simulate and run industrial robots across brands, and the company works with automotive and electronics manufacturers. The company is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

News

Blog 5 months ago
Physical AI in der Praxis: Die Wandelbots Live-Demo auf der Hannover Messe 2026
Auf der Hannover Messe 2026 präsentierte Wandelbots eine Live-Demonstration, die zeigte, wie Simulation, KI, Orchestrierung und physische Automatisierungssysteme innerhalb eines durchgängigen Produktionsworkflows zusammenarbeiten können.
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Blog 5 months ago
Physical AI in Action: The Wandelbots Live Demo at Hannover Messe 2026
At Hannover Messe 2026, Wandelbots presented a live demonstration showing how simulation, AI, orchestration, and physical automation systems can operate within one connected production workflow.
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Blog 6 months ago
Wandelbots, SCHUNK and EY Join Forces to Scale Physical AI for Europe's Mittelstand using NVIDIA Technology
Bringing Physical AI from Lighthouse Projects to Mass Adoption in European Manufacturing Berlin / Stuttgart / Dresden - Wandelbots, SCHUNK and EY today announced a collaboration to accelerate the industrial-scale adoption of Physical AI across Europe's Mi
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Blog 6 months ago
Wandelbots, SCHUNK und EY bündeln Kräfte, um Physical AI für den europäischen Mittelstand mit NVIDIA-Technologie zu skalieren
Von Leuchtturmprojekten zur breiten industriellen Anwendung von Physical AI in der europäischen Fertigung Berlin / Stuttgart / Dresden - Wandelbots, SCHUNK und EY haben heute eine Zusammenarbeit angekündigt, um den industriellen Einsatz von Physical AI im
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Blog 6 months ago
Platform-Based Automation Solution for Industrial Robotics by Gessmann
W. Gessmann GmbH will be presenting a new software defined approach to industrial automation at Hannover Messe 2026 in Hall 16, Stand B10/1, together with Wandelbots. The focus is on how heterogeneous robot fleets can be efficiently coordinated and integr
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Blog 7 months ago
Wandelbots und Vathos schließen Technologiepartnerschaft - KI-basierte Vision erweitert das NOVA Ecosystem
Wandelbots und Vathos schließen Technologiepartnerschaft - KI-basierte Vision erweitert das NOVA Ecosystem
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Blog 7 months ago
Wandelbots and Vathos Announce Technology Partnership - AI-Based Vision Expands the NOVA Ecosystem
Wandelbots and Vathos Announce Technology Partnership - AI-Based Vision Expands the NOVA Ecosystem
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Blog 7 months ago
Bringing Embodied AI to Life: Simplifying Robotics Development with Wandelbots NOVA and NVIDIA Isaac Sim
Bringing Embodied AI to Life: Simplifying Robotics Development with Wandelbots NOVA and NVIDIA Isaac Sim.
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Blog 10 months ago
Wandelbots bietet Physical AI für die Industrie auf Microsoft Azure an
Wandelbots legt die Basis für Industrie 5.0. Der Microsoft-Partner macht seine Automatisie-rungsplattform Wandelbots NOVA als SaaS-Lösung aus der Cloud auf Microsoft Azure verfügbar und schafft zugleich die Grundlage für Physical AI in industriellen Anwen
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Blog 11 months ago
Empowering the Fifth Industrial Revolution: How Wandelbots and Microsoft Are Enabling Physical AI in Manufacturing
A new era for industrial innovation Manufacturing is entering a new age. Across industries - from automotive to electronics - companies are realizing that the future of competitiveness depends on their ability to connect physical operations with intellige
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Wandelbots over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
38
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python55%
C++18%
TypeScript18%
Go9%
Frameworks & libraries
CUDA9%
Google Test9%
Pytest9%
ROS9%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes45%
NVIDIA Omniverse27%
Linux18%
AWS9%
AI & ML
Gaussian Splatting9%
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Full Wandelbots tech stack 38 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

People

Christian Piechnick
CEO
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
77/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
8
5 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
98 days
faster than 14% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 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.
Robotics
38% ▲
Backend
13% ▼
DevOps
13% ▲
Management
13% ▲
Marketing
13% ▲
Solutions
13% ▲
Actively hiring for Robotics (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Git to stack Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Dresden
Dresden Germany
HQ
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8 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 63% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Robotics, Backend, DevOps
Tharandter Straße 33, 01159 Dresden
seen since Jun 2026 company site, job postings

Jobs

≈ $85k – $205k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Dresden
Python
C++
Conan
Google Test
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
Path Planning
QA
Pytest
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≈ $77k – $159k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Dresden
Python
TypeScript
C++
Rest API
Docker
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
TCP/IP
Robotics
ROS
NVIDIA Omniverse
Isaac Sim
IoT
OPC UA
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≈ $58k – $138k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Dresden
Python
Git
Robotics
NVIDIA Omniverse
Isaac Sim
Sim-to-Real
Apply
≈ $56k – $135k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Dresden
Python
Apply
≈ $64k – $127k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Dresden
Python
Rust
CUDA Toolkit
Gaussian Splatting
CUDA
NeRF
DevOps
WebRTC
CI/CD
GitOps
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Linux
Robotics
ROS2
NVIDIA Omniverse
Isaac Sim
Sim-to-Real
Digital Twin
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≈ $74k – $130k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Dresden
Python
Go
Computer Vision
DevOps
Kubernetes
Linux
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$116.8M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
9
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2025 $361k Details
Grant 2023 $47k Details
Grant 2023 $281k Details
Grant 2022 $557k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $84M Details
Grant 2021 — Details
Grant 2021 $210k Details
Series B 2020 $30M Details
Grant 2019 $1.3M Details