The BOT company, the Robotics startup founded by former Cruise and CEO co-Founder Kyle Vogt, raised $ 150 million in a rotation led by Greenoaks, According to Reuterscites unnamed resources.
Vogt established the start with Paril Jain, who led the AI Tech team in Tesla, and former Cruise Software engineer Luke Holoubek. Vogt did not respond to a request for comment.
The fresh funding is less than a year since Vogt launched the BOT company, aimed at producing a robot dedicated to housework. The bot company Launched in May included $ 150 million From former CEO of GitHub and investor Nat Friedman, founder of pioneer and investor Daniel Gross, Spark Capital General Partner Nabeel Hyatt, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, Stripe co-founder John Collison and Quiet Capital.
The new start was launched about five months after Vogt resigns As the CEO of Cruise, the autonomous start of the vehicle he founded in 2013 and was later acquired by General Motors. His resignation followed an incident on October 2 who saw a cruise vehicle running and dragging a pedestrian 20 feet, after the pedestrian was hit by a human-driven car.
