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Markov Robotics

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Robotics companyAI LabStartup

US startup building general-purpose robot intelligence — a world model for dexterous manipulation that runs across many embodiments (hands, grippers, arms, humanoids).

Founded2025United States
HQSan FranciscoUnited States
Total funding$5000B1
01 · About

Markov Robotics

Founded 2025 · San Francisco, United States

Markov Robotics is a US startup headquartered in San Francisco, founded in 2025, building general-purpose intelligence for robots. Its technology is based on a world model conditioned on high-fidelity modalities such as pressure and proprioception, enabling closed-loop control and limiting the accumulation of errors. The company aims to solve zero-shot general-purpose dexterity: a single policy intended to run across embodiments — from dexterous hands and grippers, through single arms, to humanoid robots. The model learns from human demonstrations and video, then is deployed through hardware partners, feeding an iterative improvement loop on real-world deployment data. The founding team (Atharva Gundawar, Greg Tarr, Diego Caples) met at AGI, Inc. The company raised a $5M seed round with participation from Pebblebed.

  • Atharva Gundawar

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Co-Founder and CEO of Markov Robotics. Previously a researcher at AGI, Inc.; MS in computer science from Arizona State University (2025), BTech from VIT Vellore.

  • Greg Tarr

    Co-Founder & CTO

    Co-Founder and CTO of Markov Robotics. Irish; winner of BT Young Scientist of the Year 2021; previously founded Inferex.

  • Diego Caples

    Co-Founder

    Co-Founder of Markov Robotics, based in San Francisco. Previously associated with AGI, Inc.

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

3 areas · 4 technologies · 2 industries
What they do3Areas
  • Embodied AI
  • World models
  • Humanoid robots
How they do it4Technologies
  • Embodied AI
  • Robotics
  • World models
  • Foundation Models
Who for2Industries
  • Robotics
  • Software & Technology
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ San Francisco · 2 regions
USANorth America
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2025 · Seed
2025founded
2–10 (per LinkedIn)employees
$5Mtotal funding
Seedlatest round
earlydevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
activestatus
$5M
total funding
SeedPebblebedSeed round; Pebblebed is named as an investor. Valuation undisclosed.
$5M
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 3 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stageearly
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typeRobotics company+ AI Lab, + Startup
08 · Related content

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