CarbonSix – a robotics startup specializing in AI-powered manipulation for manufacturing – announced it has raised $4 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Foothill Ventures and Storm Ventures, with participation from Zeitgeist Capital and Korean VC Xquared.
What CarbonSix does: CarbonSix focuses on developing robotic intelligence and dexterous manipulators designed to automate the intricate and variable manual tasks that current automation solutions struggle to address. And its technology aims to bring flexibility and precision to modern manufacturing lines, even amidst frequent production model changes and unexpected variables.
Founder Terry Moon: Launched in July 2024 by Terry Moon, former Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President of SUALAB (acquired by Cognex for KRW 230 billion or about $200 million) in 2019, CarbonSix is a startup bringing together a world-class team of engineers and researchers. And 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).
Advisory board: 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.
KEY QUOTES:
“CarbonSix has an outstanding founding team with proven global exit experience and deep insight into both AI technology and market needs. Their differentiated customer engagement strategy and technical depth—already validated through collaboration with leading electronics manufacturers—were key factors in our investment decision.”
Eric Rosenblum, Partner at Foothill Ventures
“Our primary goal is to automate complex assembly tasks that remain difficult for humanoid robots today, using economically viable and high-performance AI solutions. We’re on track to complete a successful proof-of-concept and plan to launch our first robotic intelligence product by Q3 2025.”
Terry Moon, CEO of CarbonSix
