Watney
Construction Robotics · Industrial Robotics
19open roles
$21.1Mlatest round · Venture round · Apr 2025 · 18 mo ago
3backers · Abstract Ventures, Conviction
Atruth index, 91 of 100
Overview
Watney is a robotics company that builds and deploys autonomous robotic systems to increase the speed and capacity of industry, starting with data center buildout. Its San Francisco team hires manufacturing, controls and embedded engineers as well as deployment and inventory staff. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
How Watney hires
Truth index
A 91/100
Median time to fill
108 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
17%
Reposted roles
0%
Watney scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 17% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 108 days. 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
Funding and backers
Total raised
$21.1M
1 round on record
Latest round
$21.1M
Venture round · Apr 2025 · 18 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
24
+4 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Abstract Ventures, Conviction
The money's age
Due for its next round
18 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
7/100
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
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Apr 2025 | $21.1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Watney Robotics Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Ryan GannonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Sean CheongExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Abstract Ventures 
Conviction 
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
22/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
24
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
108 days
faster than 10% of the market
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.
AI/ML
17% ▼
Management
17% ▼
Industrial Engineering
17% ▲
Backend
11% ▲
Operations
11% ▼
Hardware
6% ▲
Financials
Total raised
$21.1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $21.1M | Details |
People
Ryan Gannon
Executive Officer, Director
Sean Cheong
Executive Officer, Director
Sarah Guo
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Watney over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
32
Postings analysed
13
Stack modernity
68/100
Languages
Python31%
Rust23%
C++15%
Haskell8%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch31%
Embedded Rust8%
JAX8%
OpenTelemetry8%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes8%
Linux8%
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News
Interview: Alec Stapp and Caleb Watney of the Institute for Progress
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Nick Watney capitalizing on 'amazing kind of lifeline'
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Nick Watney, first Tour player to test positive for COVID-19, back at site of quarantine
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Nick Watney shares 'scary' COVID story and thoughts about device that detected his illness
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Did Nick Watney's WHOOP band help him figure out he had coronavirus? Instruction GOLF.com
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Watney rallies to win Doral
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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
24 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 42% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Management