Viam

Viam develops a software platform for building, deploying, and managing robotics applications, enabling software engineers to build robots like they build software. The platform treats hardware as a single machine in the cloud, allowing developers to write control logic using Viam SDKs in Python, Go, or TypeScript with well-defined APIs for hardware and services. Viam's key capabilities include multi-language SDKs with hardware abstracted into simple APIs, a Viam Registry for instant driver and ML model access, built-in motion and vision, remote access and control without a VPN, built-in security and fleet-wide access control, cloud-managed fleet monitoring and alerting, OTA updates for software and ML models, and canary testing and rollbacks for safe versioning. The same application code scales from the first prototype to a global fleet without rewrites or migrations. Viam also offers SurfaceAI, a production-grade robotic solution for high-precision surface finishing on custom manufactured parts, built for high-dust, high-mix factory floors, with the system seeing each part, adjusting dynamically, and learning the manufacturing process over time. The company specifically addresses fiberglass sanding, a major manufacturing challenge across marine and other sectors, helping manufacturers increase throughput, improve consistency, and strengthen workplace safety. Viam differentiates itself through its full-lifecycle robotics platform approach, its hardware abstraction layer that eliminates integration nightmares, and its focus on enabling software engineers rather than robotics specialists to build smart machines. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York City, United States, Viam has raised approximately $117 million in a Series C round backed by Tiger Global Management, Union Square Ventures, Battery Ventures, Neurone, and AlleyCorp.