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Lightberry

Lightberry is a San Francisco-based startup (founded 2025) that markets software to give robots emotional intelligence and social awareness, enabling natural human-robot interactions; it partners with makers like Unitree and deploys at edge locations via Google Cloud Platform and AWS.

Total raised
$1.2M
Seed · last round Feb '26

About Lightberry

Lightberry is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2025, describing itself as "the social brain for robots." It develops software to make any robot emotionally intelligent and socially aware, enabling more natural human–robot interactions. The company partners with multiple robot makers, including Unitree, the #1 humanoid robot manufacturer, and its software is described as state of the art in human-robot interactions. Lightberry deploys at edge locations worldwide leveraging Google Cloud Platform and AWS. The company has backing from Y Combinator, Liquid2, a16z Scout, and operators at NVIDIA, Meta, and Google, with founders Ali Attar and Stephan Koenigstorfer and Stephan Wolski as Head of Robotics.

Funding

$1.2Mtotal raised

Nov '25Feb '26
  • Feb 2026 · Seed
    $653k
  • Nov 2025 · Pre-seed
    $500k

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The team at Lightberry

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Ali Attar

Human-Robot Interactions | Founder at Lightberry (YC F25) & SigmaOS (YC S21)

Stephan Koenigstorfer

Founder @ Lightberry (YC F25) | Building the social brains for robots | Ex. CERN | PhD, MBA, MSci

Stephan Wolski

Robot Cars

Team Composition

4 people
  • Engineering1 senior2
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2

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