
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
- Sep 2025 · Seed$3.6M
- Jul 2025 · Pre-seed$4M
Company at a glance
The team at Paradigm Robotics
1-10 peopleSee everyone on LinkedIn
Team breakdown
Team Distribution
- Engineering36%
- Operations23%
- Other23%
- Leadership9%
- Sales9%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.The University of Texas at Austin
- 2.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 3.Stanford University
- 4.Texas A&M University
- 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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