What Openmind does

Openmind is a San Francisco-based, for-profit, privately held company founded in 2017 that operates a chat-based mentoring platform designed to connect users with mentors and support skill development. The company targets the consumer and professional learning market with a text-first interface intended to lower friction in accessing expert mentorship, distinguishing itself from traditional video- or session-based coaching products. The firm's web presence is anchored at openmindlearning.com, reinforcing a learning-outcome positioning.\n\nThe firm is small, operating with 1-10 employees as of the most recent disclosure, and has raised approximately $4.25 million across three reported funding events between 2017 and 2020. Early backing came from OVO Fund in a $600,000 seed round in September 2017, followed by an event involving Floodgate in August 2018, and a $3,649,999 round in February 2020. The company is led by co-founders Max Deutsch and Valentin Perez.\n\nPublic information on the platform's specific revenue mechanics, pricing structure, customer segments beyond the general learner/mentor user base, distribution channels, partnerships, certifications, and operational scale is not disclosed in the available sources. The absence of any disclosed funding, product, or partnership activity since February 2020, combined with the small headcount, limits visibility into current scale, monetization, and product maturity.

Name

Openmind

Website

https://openmindlearning.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Openmind is a San Francisco-based chat-based mentoring platform founded in 2017 that connects learners with mentors for skill development, operating with 1-10 employees and having raised approximately $4.25M from investors including OVO Fund and Floodgate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanoid Robot Operating System

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)

Keywords

• Humanoid robotics
• Robot operating system
• Robot identity protocol
• Robot interoperability
• Robotics middleware

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

OpenMind develops OM1, a hardware-agnostic operating system for humanoid robots modeled on Android's open mobile strategy, and the FABRIC protocol, which enables robots to verify identities and share information across platforms for interoperable robot-to-robot communication. Together, these offerings provide a unified software foundation for humanoid robot manufacturers building on diverse hardware platforms.

Product overview

OpenMind offers a unified platform for humanoid robotics consisting of two core products: OM1, a software operating system for humanoid robots with an open, hardware-agnostic approach akin to Android, and the FABRIC protocol, which enables robots to verify identities and share information to enhance their interaction capabilities. These products work together to provide a complete operating environment for humanoid robots.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OM1 Humanoid Robot Operating System
• FABRIC Protocol

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Open Robotics (ROS): Open Robotics develops ROS (Robot Operating System), the dominant open-source robot OS. Directly comparable to OpenMind as both pursue horizontal, hardware-agnostic robot OS strategies; OpenMind's OM1 is positioned as a humanoid-focused alternative or complement to ROS.

Broad incumbents

• NVIDIA (Isaac/Isaac Sim): NVIDIA offers Isaac Sim and Isaac SDK, a robotics platform spanning simulation, perception, and manipulation. Comparable as a broad incumbent providing robot software infrastructure; competes with OM1 at the perception/simulation layer and has resources to build competing humanoid-specific tooling.
• Google DeepMind (RT-X): DeepMind's RT-1/RT-2/RT-X models and ALOHA/PaLM-E efforts target foundational autonomy stacks for robots. Comparable as a broad incumbent building general-purpose robot intelligence that could subsume OS-level functionality OpenMind targets.
• Boston Dynamics: Boston Dynamics (Hyundai-owned) builds Atlas and Spot robots with proprietary control software. Comparable as a humanoid manufacturer that represents both a potential customer for OpenMind's OS and a competitor with substantial in-house robotics engineering.
• Intrinsic (Alphabet): Intrinsic is Alphabet's industrial robotics software subsidiary building Flowstate and AI-driven robot programming tools. Comparable as a broad incumbent developing robot OS-adjacent software that could compete with or complement OpenMind's OM1 platform.

Emerging players

• Figure AI: Figure AI is a well-funded humanoid robot manufacturer developing its own autonomy software stack. Comparable as a potential OEM customer of OM1, but also a competitor that could build proprietary OS alternatives rather than adopt OpenMind's platform.
• Apptronik: Apptronik develops the Apollo humanoid robot and has partnerships with major logistics and automotive players. Comparable as a humanoid OEM potentially evaluating third-party OS options like OM1 versus building proprietary stacks.
• 1X Technologies: 1X Technologies (backed by OpenAI) builds the NEO humanoid robot with proprietary autonomy stack. Comparable as a humanoid OEM that could either license OM1 or compete as a vertically integrated alternative in the humanoid OS market.
• Agility Robotics: Agility Robotics builds Digit, a humanoid robot for logistics, with its own control software. Comparable as a humanoid OEM representing both a design-win opportunity for OpenMind and a vertically integrated competitor.
• Unitree Robotics: Unitree is a Chinese humanoid and quadruped robot maker offering low-cost platforms. Comparable as a potential high-volume OEM customer for OM1 given its broad product portfolio, but also a competitor building proprietary stacks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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