OpenMind

What OpenMind does

OpenMind is a San Francisco-based robotics software company founded in 2024 by former Stanford biophysics professor Jan Liphardt, developing OM1, an open-source modular operating system that serves as a hardware abstraction layer enabling robots from different manufacturers to communicate via natural language. OM1 powers humanoids, quadrupeds, robotic arms, and mobile bases from multiple OEMs, and at the January 2026 launch of the Robot App Store it supported robots from 10 hardware manufacturers including Unitree, DEEP Robotics, UBTECH, MagicLab, Dobot, Fourier, Booster, LimX, and Agibot. The platform provides social intelligence capabilities (robot memory, personality, and context-optimized interaction), fleet orchestration for 100+ mixed-robot deployments, and APIs for integration with cloud simulation and remote monitoring.

Complementing OM1 are two proprietary infrastructure layers: FABRIC, a blockchain-based protocol for robot identity verification and distributed transaction records, and the x402 protocol, a crypto payment standard integrated with Circle's USDC stablecoin that enables autonomous machine-to-machine payments. OpenMind monetizes through a hybrid model spanning OEM software licensing, app store commissions on robot apps, transaction fees from the machine economy, and direct sales of its proprietary OpenMind Robot for service operators in retail, hospitality, and airport environments; pricing is not publicly disclosed and enterprise contracts are custom-quoted.

The company raised a $20 million seed round in August 2025 led by Pantera Capital, with a broad syndicate including Amber Group, Pi Network Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Digital Currency Group. Strategic partnerships with Circle (December 2025) for USDC payments and MagicLab (April 2026) for the $1 billion Co-Create 1000 robotics developer ecosystem position OpenMind as an emerging infrastructure layer for the autonomous machine economy, though the company remains early-stage with 11-50 employees, no disclosed revenue, and multiple parallel GTM motions still in pilot or launch phase.

Name

OpenMind

Legal name

OpenMind

Website

https://openmind.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OpenMind develops OM1, an open-source operating system enabling robots from multiple manufacturers to communicate via natural language, supplemented by blockchain identity (FABRIC) and USDC payment infrastructure (x402) for autonomous machine-to-machine transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Robotics Operating System

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Contract Execution Environments (EVM/WASM, runtimes, precompiles) (FSAPABAA)

Keywords

• Robot operating system
• Robotics software platform
• Machine-to-machine payments
• Robot app marketplace
• Blockchain robot identity

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing (OM1): OM1 is described as an open-source runtime, suggesting a freemium or open-core model where the base platform is open-source with commercial licensing for enterprise features, support, or advanced capabilities. Hardware manufacturers adopt OM1 natively into their robots.
2. App Store Revenue: Revenue generated from a robot app store built on OM1, similar to smartphone app store models. Developers create apps for robots and OpenMind likely takes a commission on app transactions or subscription fees. At launch, the store had 5 live apps with 8 launch partners and over 1,000 developers.
3. Machine-to-Machine Payment Infrastructure: Autonomous payment infrastructure enabling robots to pay for data, services, and compute resources automatically using USDC stablecoin through the x402 protocol. Revenue could come from transaction fees or payment processing on the machine economy.
4. Hardware Sales (OpenMind Robot): Sale of the OpenMind Robot — a complete end-to-end robot product with OM1 intelligence and payment rails built in, sold to service operators in retail, hospitality, airport, and service environments. Hardware ships direct with forward-deployed engineers handling setup.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OpenMind develops OM1, an open-source modular operating system that serves as a hardware abstraction layer enabling robots from different manufacturers (humanoids, quadrupeds, robotic arms, mobile bases) to communicate via natural language. The company also offers the FABRIC blockchain protocol for robot identity and transactions, the x402 protocol for USDC-based autonomous machine-to-machine payments, a Robot App Store for distributing robot skills, and an OpenMind-branded service robot for enterprise operators.

Product overview

OpenMind offers a platform-plus-modules architecture built around the OM1 platform—an open-source modular operating system that serves as the AI brain and hardware abstraction layer for robotics. OM1 enables robots from multiple manufacturers (humanoids, quadrupeds, robotic arms, mobile bases) to communicate via natural language and be configured, updated, and repurposed through software. Supporting products include FABRIC (blockchain-based identity and transaction verification network) and the x402 protocol (cryptocurrency payment standard for autonomous machine-to-machine payments using USDC). The Robot App Store, built on OM1, provides a software distribution layer allowing robots to download new skills through apps. OpenMind also offers its own branded robot hardware (the OpenMind Robot) for service operators with built-in OM1 intelligence and payment capabilities. The platform targets OEMs, enterprises, and developers in logistics, manufacturing, autonomous delivery, and healthcare sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OM1: Open-source runtime enabling robots from different manufacturers to communicate via natural language
• FABRIC
• x402 Protocol

Products and services

• OM1 Platform Open-source modular operating system and runtime that serves as a hardware abstraction layer for robots. Enables robots from different manufacturers to communicate via natural language, be configured, updated, and repurposed through software rather than custom integrations. Powers humanoids, quadrupeds, robotic arms, and mobile bases from multiple OEMs with social intelligence including robot memory, personality, and context-optimized interaction.
• Robot App Store Software distribution marketplace for quadruped and humanoid robots built on the OM1 modular operating system. Enables robots to download and gain new skills through apps, similar to smartphone app store dynamics. Initial apps cover companionship, elder care, home security, and daily assistance, with plans to grow to thousands of apps.
• OpenMind Robot End-to-end service robot product with OM1 intelligence and payment rails built in, designed for retail, hospitality, airport, and service environments. Features include tap-to-pay, screen intelligence, teleoperations, and remote monitoring. Hardware ships direct with forward-deployed engineers handling setup.

Quantifiable outcome

• Manage 100+ mixed robots from different manufacturers through one unified platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• MagicLabflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 April 2026MagicLab announced its 'Co-Create 1000 Initiative' at the Global Embodied Intelligence Summit in Silicon Valley on April 28-29, 2026, forming strategic partnerships with OpenMind, PrismaX AI, CosmicBrain AI, and Physis, alongside a $1 billion investment plan over five years to build a robotics developer ecosystem. MagicLab unveiled its embodied AI product portfolio including the Magic-Mix foundational world model, H01 dexterous hand, and MagicBot X1 humanoid robot. OpenMind participated alongside Google and NVIDIA at the summit exploring AI safety and urban living. MagicLab projects $14 billion in annual revenue by 2036.
• Ubtech, Agibot, Deep Robotics, Fourier, Booster, Dobot, LimX, and Magic LabcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026Eight robot manufacturers serve as launch partners for the OpenMind robot app store built on the OM1 modular operating system, collaborating on early platform support and defining shared interfaces and standards for the robot app ecosystem. The platform at launch supported robots from 10 hardware manufacturers and had 5 live applications, with plans to grow to thousands of apps.
• CircleflagshipTechnology or Integration · 19 December 2025OpenMind and Circle formed a strategic partnership to launch the world's first payment infrastructure for autonomous agents and embodied AI, integrating USDC stablecoin with OpenMind's x402 protocol module. The companies released a demonstration video showing robots self-charging and completing USDC payment processes without human intervention. The feature was first piloted in Silicon Valley with plans to expand into a universal on-chain payment solution supporting long-endurance automated operation for AI agents. The collaboration also involves building a Gateway-based micropayment system and extending the Gateway API for high throughput and deferred settlement to support the autonomous AI agent economy.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NVIDIA: NVIDIA's Isaac robotics platform provides the dominant AI infrastructure layer for commercial and industrial robots (including humanoids). Both compete to be the default intelligence/OS layer for cross-OEM robot fleets, but NVIDIA has vastly greater compute, capital, and developer reach.
• Figure AI: Figure AI is a leading humanoid robot startup developing its own proprietary AI stack (Helix). It is a vertical-integration competitor to OpenMind's horizontal OS play — if more OEMs follow Figure's 'own the AI internally' path, OM1's market shrinks.
• 1X Technologies: 1X Technologies (backed by OpenAI) builds humanoid robots with proprietary AI and is one of the leading vertically integrated alternatives to OpenMind's platform model in the consumer and commercial humanoid segment.
• Sanctuary AI: Sanctuary AI builds humanoid robots powered by its proprietary Carbon AI platform. It is a vertically integrated competitor pursuing an in-house intelligence stack similar to Figure AI and 1X.

Direct peers

• Open Robotics (ROS): ROS (Robot Operating System) is the long-established open-source robotics middleware and the de facto baseline that OM1 is positioned to augment or replace. OpenMind explicitly targets the same developer persona with similar open-source OS-style positioning, making ROS the most direct category peer despite its non-commercial status.
• Physical Intelligence: Physical Intelligence builds foundation models for general-purpose robot control and is widely viewed as a leading cross-platform robot-AI startup. Like OpenMind, it targets broad humanoid/quadruped intelligence, competing for the same OEM integrations and developer mindshare.
• Fetch.ai: Fetch.ai operates a blockchain-based network of autonomous economic agents (the 'Agentverse'). It directly competes with OpenMind's FABRIC + x402 thesis of machine-to-machine economic activity, though Fetch.ai targets digital agents whereas OpenMind focuses on embodied robotics.
• Autonolas (Olas): Autonolas is a decentralized platform for autonomous AI agents using crypto-economic coordination. It parallels OpenMind's machine-economy thesis at the protocol level, offering competing tooling for autonomous agent orchestration.

Emerging players

• Helium: Helium is a decentralized physical-infrastructure network (wireless coverage) using crypto-incentivized machines. It is thematically comparable to OpenMind as a token-incentivized network for machine-economy infrastructure, though operating in wireless rather than robotics.

Others

• NEAR AI: NEAR AI is both an infrastructure partner and a thematically related provider of confidential-computing AI services. Its Private Chat and NEAR AI Cloud products intersect with OpenMind's privacy-preserving AI compute needs and represent an adjacent blockchain-AI ecosystem player rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/OpenMind/OM1
• Xx.com/openmind_agi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors14 records

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M&A

Investments

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