Walden Robotics Launches with $300 Million to Put General-Purpose Robots to Work Today

What happened

Walden Robotics, a Cambridge, MA startup spun out of Toyota Research Institute, emerged from stealth with $300M at a $1.1B valuation co-led by Toyota Motor Corp., with NVIDIA, Boeing, Samsung Ventures, and CoreWeave.

Context and impact

The company uses Large Behavior Models (LBMs) — the robotic analogue to LLMs. A robot is physically on a Toyota North America production line working full 8-hour shifts.

Details

• Valuation: $1.1B
• Round: $300M, led by Toyota Motor Corp.
• Investors: Toyota, NVIDIA, Boeing, Samsung Ventures, CoreWeave
• Technology: Large Behavior Models (LBMs)
• Deployment: robot working 8-hour shifts at Toyota North America
• HQ: Cambridge, MA (Toyota Research Institute spin-off)