XDOF
Robotics AI · AI Training Data & Annotation
$78.3Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
16open roles
$290kmedian advertised pay
$70Mlatest round · Venture round · Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
Overview
XDOF builds data collection infrastructure for robotics, including data collection systems, operations, a large scale data warehouse and a software toolchain for frontier robotics labs. Its open roles include system integration engineers, quality control managers and operations leads. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, California, United States.
How XDOF hires
Truth index
A 90/100
Median time to fill
49 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
39%
Reposted roles
0%
XDOF scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 23 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 39% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 49 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
$78.3M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$70M
Venture round · Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
Team
9
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
26
+7 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
4 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
46/100
hiring for its size, 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
Jun 18
Raised a round Venture round $70M · Pulse 2.0
Oct 23, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $8.3M · SEC Form D
2024
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 3%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2026 | $70M | — | Pulse 2.0 |
| Venture round | Oct 2024 | $8.3M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | xdof, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Ding JinExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Shiyao WuExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Yide ShentuExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs
$180k – $250k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · San Mateo
Python
NumPy
Time Series
Robotics
ROS
Sensor Fusion
Teleoperation
Analytics
Matplotlib
Plotly
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$200k – $330k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · PhD · San Mateo
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Robotics
Imitation Learning
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$180k – $300k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · San Mateo
Python
Reinforcement Learning
Vision-Language-Action
DevOps
Docker
Linux
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
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In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Jakarta
Python
C++
Cursor
Claude Code
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Vision-Language-Action
Embodied AI
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ROS
LeRobot
ROS2
EtherCAT
Teleoperation
Imitation Learning
Diffusion Policy
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≈ $177k – $354k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Mateo
Python
C++
Cursor
Claude Code
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Vision-Language-Action
Embodied AI
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ROS
LeRobot
ROS2
EtherCAT
Teleoperation
Imitation Learning
Diffusion Policy
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≈ $181k – $360k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · San Mateo
Python
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
TensorRT
TensorFlow
PyTorch
CUDA
ONNX Runtime
DevOps
Docker
Linux
Robotics
SLAM
Localization
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≈ $176k – $352k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · San Mateo
Python
C++
Model Predictive Control
Teleoperation
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$155k – $270k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · San Mateo
Python
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$180k – $300k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · San Mateo
Python
C++
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
TensorRT
MediaPipe
Data Augmentation
Gaussian Splatting
CUDA
NeRF
Vision-Language-Action
Embodied AI
Robotics
ROS
ORB-SLAM3
ROS2
SLAM
Localization
Perception
Teleoperation
FAST-LIO
VINS-Fusion
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$180k – $300k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Master's Degree · San Mateo
PyTorch
Vision-Language-Action
World Models
Machine Learning
Robotics
Teleoperation
Imitation Learning
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≈ $175k – $351k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Mateo
Python
C++
Machine Learning
Robotics
ROS
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$290k
Typical range
$250k – $330k
Open positions
9
9
Jobs
Junior
11.1%
Staff
88.9%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $275k | $275k |
| Staff | 8 | $295k | $250k – $330k |
Highest paying role
Member of Technical Staff, Vision/Language Research
$330k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at XDOF
By role, level and city, against the market · 9 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
4
H-1B filings in 12 months
$183k
Median offered salary
20
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software developers
1
Computer and information systems managers
1
Computer and information research scientists
1
In the register as XDOF INC, Berkeley, CA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
Outlier AI 
1X Technologies
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 12, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
70/100
Growing
Open positions
26
6 opened / 4 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
58 days
faster than 23% of the market
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.
Robotics
22% ▲
Management
17% ▼
AI/ML
11%
Finance
11% ▼
Marketing
11% ▲
Backend
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Robotics (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Time Series to stack
Nov 2026
Added Sensor Fusion to stack
Nov 2026
Added Plotly to stack
Nov 2026
Added NumPy to stack
Nov 2026
Added Matplotlib to stack
Nov 2026
Added TikTok Ads to stack
Oct 2026
Added Meta Ads to stack
Oct 2026
Added Instagram to stack
Oct 2026
Added Figma to stack
Oct 2026
Added Canva to stack
Oct 2026
Added GD&T to stack
Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Oct 2026
People
Ding Jin
Executive Officer
Shiyao Wu
Executive Officer, Director
Yide Shentu
Executive Officer, Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at XDOF over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
57
Postings analysed
25
Stack modernity
72/100AI adopter
Languages
Python52%
C++24%
SQL12%
TypeScript4%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch24%
ROS24%
ROS216%
CUDA8%
Cloud & platforms
Linux16%
Figma4%
GitHub4%
AI & ML
Gaussian Splatting4%
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Shared investors
Scribble VenturesVia a fund
Abstract VenturesVia a fund
Andreessen HorowitzVia a fund
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News
速递AI机器人创企XDOF计划开启B轮融资估值已达12亿美元
XDOF正与加州大学伯克利分校 AI研究实验室合作发布一套他们认为是迄今为止规模最大、质量最高的机器人训练数据集命名为ABC其他致力于采集真实世界数据以训练机器人的初创公司还包括Mecka AI以…
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AI机器人数据基建狂奔XDOF冲刺B轮12亿美元估值引爆2026机器人赛道
它不只代表估值更是一张无声的行业判决书：在AGI通用人工智能通往AGI-Robot通用人工智能机器人的最后一公里决定胜负的不再是最大的模型而是最真的一手数据不是最快的芯片而是最懂人类怎么'…
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XDOF reportedly raising Series B at $1.2B valuation from 8VC
XDOF, a robotics data startup founded in 2024, is negotiating a Series B funding round led by 8VC, just months after raising $70M in its Series A.
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XDOF in talks for Series B funding at $1.2B valuation just months after exiting stealth
XDOF, a robotics data infrastructure startup, is in Series B talks at a $1B valuation just months after raising $70M and exiting stealth mode.
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XDOF Raises $70 Million To Build Infrastructure For Robot Foundation Models
XDOF has emerged from stealth with $70 million in fundraising to build core infrastructure for robot foundation models.
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Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with $70M in funding
Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with $70M in funding - SiliconANGLE
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Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Mateo
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Berkeley
United States
HQ
San Mateo
United States
Plant / site
20 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 200-500 est. staff $287k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Robotics, Product
1875 South Grant Street
Jakarta
Indonesia
Corporate office
5 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Management, Backend, Finance