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title: "Rethink Robotics: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Rethink Robotics was a robotics company co-founded by Rodney Brooks and Ann Whittaker in 2008. In 2018 the assets of Rethink Robotics were bought by the German automation specialist HAHN Group."
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type: Organization
wikidata: Q24913690
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rethink_Robotics
website: http://rethinkrobotics.com
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# Rethink Robotics

> Rethink Robotics was a robotics company co-founded by Rodney Brooks and Ann Whittaker in 2008. In 2018 the assets of Rethink Robotics were bought by the German automation specialist HAHN Group.

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## Facts

- Category: Robotics
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2008-01-01
- Headquarters: Boston
- Status: private
- Website: http://rethinkrobotics.com
- Also known as: Rethink
- Industries: robotics

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/rethinkrobotics
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpSQ-euTEYaq5VtmEWukyiQ
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rethinkrobotics
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rethinkrobotics

## Key people

- Rodney Brooks, founder (Australian roboticist)

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2017-08-21: Form D/A, USD 36 million sold of a USD 36 million offering, 20 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470418/000147041817000002/))
- 2017-01-05: Form D, USD 18 million sold of a USD 33 million offering, 18 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470418/000147041817000001/))
- 2015-01-05: Form D, USD 26.6 million sold of a USD 40 million offering, 15 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470418/000147041815000001/))
- 2013-10-31: Form D, USD 11.5 million sold of a USD 11.5 million offering, 13 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470418/000147041813000001/))
- 2012-06-27: Form D, USD 30 million sold of a USD 30 million offering, 13 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470418/000147041812000002/))
- 2010-11-30: Form D, USD 20 million sold of a USD 20 million offering, 9 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470418/000147041810000001/))
- 2009-08-21: Form D, USD 7 million sold of a USD 7 million offering, 2 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1470418/000147041809000001/))

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Rethink Robotics, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rethink-robotics#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24913690, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rethink_Robotics
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001470418

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