Trener Robotics

What Trener Robotics does

Trener Robotics (formerly T-ROBOTICS) is a venture-backed industrial AI software company founded in 2024 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with a co-headquarters and R&D hub (T-Labs) in Trondheim, Norway. Its core product, the Acteris platform, is a robot-agnostic AI skills layer that enables industrial robots from ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC to interpret natural-language commands, perceive parts via vision without pre-defined CAD models, and adapt their motions to unstructured, high-mix production environments. The platform replaces procedural point-to-point robot programming with conversational task definition, adaptive recovery flows, and real-time production monitoring, and is delivered alongside an Integration Suite used by partners to configure, validate, and operate deployments.

The company serves manufacturers with high-mix, low-volume production (particularly CNC machine tending) as well as the system integrators and OEMs who deploy automation on their behalf. Revenue is generated primarily through enterprise software licensing and subscriptions for the Acteris platform, supplemented by partner-led professional services revenue flowing through systems integrators. Distribution is partner-led: Trener works with 15+ solution and integration partners across Europe and the U.S., including SE Automation in Sweden and Fluidotronica in Portugal and Spain, and is showcased through robot OEM channels including ABB, Universal Robots, FANUC, and Teradyne Robotics. Co-branded turnkey offerings such as T-MT (mobile machine tending) and ABB OCMT (collaborative machine tending powered by Acteris) extend the platform from pure software into standardized hardware-plus-software packages.

Trener has raised over $38 million across a $5.4 million seed round (December 2024) and a $32 million Series A (February 2026), with strategic participation from Cadence Design Systems and Nikon's NFocus Fund. The leadership team combines academic robotics pedigree (CEO Dr. Asad Tirmizi, ex-Google/Vicarious/ByteDance; CTO Dr. Lars Tingelstad, ex-NTU Norway) with senior commercial talent poached from Universal Robots, including VP of Sales Jacob Pascual Pape and VP of Marketing Vincent Chavy.

Name

Trener Robotics

Legal name

Trener Robotics, Inc.

Website

https://trener.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trener Robotics builds Acteris, a robot-agnostic AI skills platform that lets industrial robots interpret natural-language commands and adapt to high-mix manufacturing. It serves CNC machining manufacturers and the system integrators and robot OEMs who deploy automation on their behalf.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Robotics Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Human-Robot Interaction & Teleoperation Systems (HDAAAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Robots (Articulated, SCARA, Delta, Cartesian) (IMAHAHAA), Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial robotics software
• AI robot skills platform
• Natural language programming
• Physical AI automation
• Robot-agnostic integration

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Acteris Platform License/Subscription: Software platform providing AI robot skills for industrial automation. Acteris functions as a foundational intelligence layer that transforms standard industrial robots into intelligent, self-learning teammates. Revenue generated through software licensing to manufacturers and system integrators.
2. Partner Ecosystem Revenue: Deployment and integration services through partner network including systems integrators like SE Automation and Fluidotronica. Partners configure, deploy, and extend application behavior using Acteris Integration Suite.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trener Robotics develops Acteris, a robot-agnostic AI skills platform that enables industrial robots to understand, learn, and adapt to complex manufacturing environments through natural language programming. The platform combines vision, haptic, language, and motion intelligence to replace rigid procedural robot coding with adaptive, training-based skills, integrating with major robot brands including ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC for high-mix, low-volume production.

Product overview

Trener Robotics offers Acteris, a unified robot-agnostic AI skills platform that serves as the foundational intelligence layer for industrial robots. The platform transforms rigid, coded automation into adaptive, self-learning systems through natural language programming and pre-trained skill models. The portfolio includes the core Acteris platform, the T-Labs R&D division for skill development, the Integration Suite for partner deployments, and turnkey solutions like T-MT (mobile machine tending cell) and ABB OCMT (collaborative machine tending). Acteris integrates with leading robot brands including ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC, enabling manufacturers to deploy intelligent automation without specialist programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acteris: AI robot skills platform that enables industrial robots to learn and adapt through natural language programming instead of rigid coding
• T-Labs
• ActGPT

Products and services

• Acteris Robot-agnostic AI skills platform powered by Physical AI that enables industrial robots to understand, learn, and adapt to complex manufacturing environments through natural language programming. Integrates with ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC robots for adaptive automation in high-mix, low-volume production.
• Acteris Integration Suite Partner toolkit for configuring, deploying, and extending Acteris application behavior. Provides unified platform architecture from cell design to runtime, including commissioning workflows, simulation-first validation, and structured rollout tooling to reduce integration effort for systems integrators.
• T-MT (Turnkey Mobile Machine Tending) Trener's turnkey mobile machine tending solution combining Acteris software with a standardized hardware cell to deliver flexible, AI-driven CNC automation with zero learning curve for rapid deployment in machining environments.
• ABB OCMT + Acteris ABB's turnkey Omniverse Collaborative Machine Tending solution powered by Acteris. Combines the ABB GoFa robot and OCMT system with Acteris AI to deliver standardized CNC automation that operators can use instantly without specialist programming knowledge.

Quantifiable outcome

• New job creation in under 2 minutes through conversational interface
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability8 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered strategic and core.

• Teradyne RoboticsstrategicTechnology or Integration · 15 June 2026Teradyne Robotics featuring Trener Robotics in Automate 2026 showcase of production-ready physical AI applications. Acteris positioned as part of Teradyne's ecosystem of 11 partners including Scale AI, NVIDIA, Cambrian, and others.
• FANUCcoreTechnology or Integration · 10 February 2026Acteris integrates with FANUC robot brands. AI-Native FANUC Integration with Fluidotronica demonstrates complete CNC machine tending cycle from part picking to inspection.
• Universal RobotscoreTechnology or Integration · 22 September 2025Acteris integrates with Universal Robots cobots. Trener Robotics exhibited at Universal Robots booth at Automate 2026 and EMO Hannover 2025. UR10e robot used in CNC Turning Automation demo showcasing intelligent job orchestration.
• ABB RoboticscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 December 2024AI Startup Challenge winner collaborating with ABB on conversational AI and adaptive learning robotics solutions. First commercial application expected in 2025. Acteris integrates with ABB GoFa and other ABB robot brands. Marc Segura, President of ABB Robotics: 'T-robotics demonstrated groundbreaking innovations to make robots more autonomous, intuitive, adaptive and efficient.'
• SE AutomationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 November 2024Swedish integrator and licensed Universal Robots distributor. Partnership combines Trener Robotics' ActGPT software with SE Automation's expertise in deploying robotic systems. Delivering intelligent machine tending solutions for manufacturers with frequent production changes. CoboTend package offered through partnership.
• FluidotronicacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 23 September 2024Strategic partnership with well-known systems integrator in Portuguese and Spanish markets. Introduces ActGPT to companies across Iberian Peninsula for smarter automation, predictive maintenance, and improved human-robot collaboration. Deployment visit at Fluidotronica facilities in Portugal for AI-Native FANUC Integration.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ready Robotics: Ready Robotics sells software (ForgeOS) that abstracts robot programming across industrial robot brands — the closest direct competitor to Acteris's robot-agnostic, no-code/low-code positioning for manufacturing automation.
• Rapid Robotics: Rapid Robotics provides pre-configured, AI-driven robotic solutions for machine tending and other manufacturing tasks, competing with Trener's T-MT and ABB OCMT bundles in the same high-mix SMB/mid-market segment.
• Formic: Formic delivers Robotics-as-a-Service for manufacturing (CNC tending, welding, palletizing), targeting the same high-mix, low-volume pain points that Acteris solves and competing for the same mid-market manufacturer budget.
• Plus One Robotics: Plus One Robotics builds vision-driven AI software for parcel-handling and warehouse robots; comparable as a software-defined perception/intelligence layer that sits on top of third-party industrial robot hardware.

Emerging players

• Physical Intelligence (Pi): Pi is building foundation models for general-purpose robotic control — directly overlapping with Trener's Physical AI vision but pursuing a more generalist, well-capitalized approach to robot autonomy.
• Skild AI: Skild AI develops general-purpose robotic foundation models backed by significant venture capital, representing a well-funded alternative path to the same 'intelligence layer for physical automation' thesis Trener is pursuing.
• PickNik Robotics: PickNik develops MoveIt and other advanced motion-planning/robot-control software used by ROS-based industrial and research robots — a comparable technical peer in the robot-intelligence-software layer.

Broad incumbents

• Vention: Vention provides a broader manufacturing-automation platform including robot cells, machine tending, and integration tools — overlapping with Trener's Integration Suite and T-MT as part of a wider automation portfolio.
• Robotiq: Robotiq is an established player in cobot end-effectors and integration tooling for Universal Robots and other cobots — overlapping with Trener's cobot-focused go-to-market through shared OEM channels.
• Covariant (Amazon Robotics): Covariant built AI foundation models for warehouse robots before acquisition by Amazon; represents the most relevant precedent for what happens when a robotics-AI software company scales — and a benchmark for Trener's intelligence-layer ambition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@T-ROBOTICS-ai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/102275781

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors12 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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