Transparency

Ownership & transparency

Robotics Startups is operated by Better ISMS, the same company that builds heyGRC and ISMS Copilot, two compliance products for hardware and software teams.

heyGRC and ISMS Copilot are Better ISMS products. They are not listed as catalog entries in this directory. They appear only as a clearly labeled compliance-for-robotics bridge in the footer, so you always know which links are ours. We prefer a catalog with no house entries over one where you have to wonder whether a listing is promoting the owner.

Verification

Every company is web-verified alive with a 2024 to 2026 proof-of-life signal (a funding round, a shipped product, or recent news), shown on each entry with its source. Companies that are dead, acquired and shut down, or pivoted out of robotics are excluded.

Data sourcing

The catalog is curated by us from public sources: company sites, funding announcements, and press coverage. Category assignments reflect what each company actually builds. All descriptions are written by us.

Ranking

Listings are alphabetical within every view. Nothing on this site is ranked by payment, and no company can buy a better category, a badge, or placement. Listing fees, when open, only skip the submission review queue.

Directory north-star: qualified outbound discovery clicks across all companies.