Hardware · Austin, United States

Paradigm Robotics

Paradigm Robotics, an Austin-based early-stage startup, builds rugged, scalable robots that provide situational awareness in hazardous environments for firefighting, emergency response, public safety, oil and gas, defense, and industry; it won the 2024 SXSW Pitch and Innovation Award.

Location
Austin, United States
Team size
1-10
Founded 2022
Total raised
$7.5M
Seed · last round Sep '25

About Paradigm Robotics

Paradigm Robotics, based in Austin, Texas, is an early-stage robotics startup that builds rugged, scalable robots designed to provide situational awareness in hazardous environments. The company serves firefighting, emergency response, public safety, oil and gas, defense, and industrial markets, helping operations run more safely in real-world hazardous settings. Its mission is to create a new paradigm of scalable, reliable, and useful robots for hazardous operations. In 2024, Paradigm Robotics won the SXSW Pitch and Innovation Award.

Funding

$7.5Mtotal raised

Jul '25Sep '25
  • Sep 2025 · Seed
    $3.6M
  • Jul 2025 · Pre-seed
    $4M

Company at a glance

Founded2022
Location
Austin, United States

The team at Paradigm Robotics

1-10 peopleSee everyone on LinkedIn

ES

Eli Simek

TAMU Honors MechE | Paradigm Robotics | Founder & CEO @ Ribbit | TAMU FSAE

KR

Krishnan R.

CTO @ Paradigm Robotics | MSE Dynamic Systems and Controls @ UT Austin

ST

Siddharth Thakur

Founder & CEO @ Paradigm Robotics | University of Texas at Austin

Team breakdown

Team Distribution

  • Engineering36%
  • Operations23%
  • Other23%
  • Leadership9%
  • Sales9%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.The University of Texas at Austin
  2. 2.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  3. 3.Stanford University
  4. 4.Texas A&M University
  5. 5.Seoul National University

Team Worked At

  • NASA
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Dynetics, Inc.
  • Southwest Research Institute
  • Booz Allen Hamilton

Location

Team Composition

17 people
  • Engineering4
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Administrative1
  • Business Development1
  • Leadership1 senior1

Life at Paradigm Robotics

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