CarbonSix Raises $4M Seed Funding Led by Top Silicon Valley VCs

CarbonSix, Inc., a robotics startup specializing in AI-powered manipulation for manufacturing, today announced it has raised USD 4 million in seed funding. The round was led by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms Foothill Ventures and Storm Ventures, with participation from New York-based Zeitgeist Capital and Korean VC Xquared.
 
Founded in July 2024 by Terry Moon, former Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President of SUALAB—which was acquired by Cognex for KRW 230 billion (approx. USD 200 million) in 2019—CarbonSix is a deep-tech startup bringing together a world-class team of engineers and researchers. Its founding members include Co-CEO Dr. Jehyeok Kim and CTO Dr. Terry Suh, experts in robotics and artificial intelligence, with academic backgrounds from top institutions such as MIT, Yale University, Seoul National University, and KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).
 
The company has also formed an official advisory board featuring Professor Russ Tedrake of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Professor Clément Gosselin, a global authority in industrial robotic hand design from Université Laval.
 
CarbonSix focuses on developing robotic intelligence and dexterous manipulators designed to automate the intricate, variable manual tasks that current automation solutions struggle to address. Its technology aims to bring flexibility and precision to modern manufacturing lines, even amidst frequent production model changes and unexpected variables.
 

“CarbonSix has an outstanding founding team with proven global exit experience and deep insight into both AI technology and market needs,” said Eric Rosenblum, Partner at Foothill Ventures. “Their differentiated customer engagement strategy and technical depth—already validated through collaboration with leading electronics manufacturers—were key factors in our investment decision.”
 
“Our primary goal is to automate complex assembly tasks that remain difficult for humanoid robots today, using economically viable and high-performance AI solutions,” said Terry Moon, CEO of CarbonSix. “We’re on track to complete a successful proof-of-concept and plan to launch our first robotic intelligence product by Q3 2025.”

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