Syncere
Syncere is a Palo Alto-based home robotics company founded by two University of Toronto robotics PhDs.
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Syncere is a Palo Alto-based home robotics company founded by two University of Toronto robotics PhDs. Its flagship product Lume looks like a floor lamp but extends robotic arms, using perception and on-device AI to fold laundry, tidy rooms and make beds, then retracts into an ordinary lamp. It is currently taking pre-orders.
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Funding history
- 2026-11-03Pre-Seed$11M
Investors · Andreessen Horowitz, Draper Associates, Physical World, Sequel, SeaX VenturesSource · finsmes.com ↗
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