Startups
Tombot
Santa Clarita, California, United States
Tombot, Inc. is a Delaware corporation formed October13,2017 and based in Santa Clarita, California, developing robotic companion animals for people unable to safely or practically care for a live pet. Its first product Jennie is an autonomous, lifelike robotic Labrador puppy, designed with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Touch and voice-responsive behaviours, motion and sound provide companionship and comfort; published intended users include people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment, anxiety, loneliness, autism and PTSD. This is companion robotics and assistive technology, not a demonstrated diagnostic AI system or a cure for those conditions. The company’s current public team names co-founders Tom Stevens (CEO), Hank Schorz (CTO) and Jesse Schorz (COO), director Jay Goss and Peter Tam (website observer; dated October2024 SEC director). Legal names Thomas Edward Stevens, Henry P. Schorz and Jesse M. Schorz are corroborated by SEC filings; unrelated people named Thomas Stevens are not merged. The June25,2026 issuer release reported a successful USD7million Series A3 close, following a separate USD6.1million Series A announced June12,2025. Its reported 23,000 pre-order/waitlist customers and planned Fall2026 launch are company statements about demand and plans, not verified completed shipments or revenue. Its investor website describes FDA medical-device status and reimbursement as anticipated future milestones. No FDA clearance, approved indication, independently established clinical benefit or reimbursement is asserted. SEC and platform crowdfunding disclosures distinguish completed securities sales from commitments and maximum offering targets. Exact cents unsupported by the database are preserved in source evidence with NULL amount. PicMii’s reported closed USD412589 campaign is retained as a qualified component disclosure with NULL standalone amount because overlap with the larger2025 financing has not been independently resolved; it must not be summed as extra capital. Historical cumulative investor amounts as of September2022 are separate relationships, not an additional USD4.6million round. Annual financial-statement cash flows and noncash SAFE conversions are not invented priced rounds.
Founded 2017
Team
 Hank SchorzCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer |
 Jay GossDirector |
 Jesse SchorzCo-Founder and Chief Operating Officer |
 Peter TamBoard Observer · Director (statutory SEC October2024; website retains observer title) |
 Tom StevensCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer · Director (statutory SEC October2024) |