JAIA Robotics Inc
autonomous underwater robot system for aquatic data collection
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- Bristol, RI
- Founded
- 2022
- Latest Form D
- $1.8M, Dec 2024
- Total capital
- $5.7M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $4.6M
- 3 Form D · last Dec 2024
- 22 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $1.2M
- 6 awards · Defense, Interior, Commerce
- Rank in Robotics#48 of 544
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · Jaiabot Micro-unmanned Underwater Vehicle (uuv), Multi-vehicle Pods Capable Of Autonomously Collecting High Resolution Biogeochemical, Hydrographic Survey, And Passive Acoustic Data From Coastal Marine Systems.$431K
- Federal contractDefense · Jaiabot - Asv$82K
- Federal contractDefense · Contract With Jaia Robotics To Integrate Nrl Sensors To Their Uuvs$326K
- Federal contractCommerce · Procurement Of A Jaiabot-hydro System, Semi-autonomous Vehicle$40K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.8M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$1.2M
- Federal contractInterior · Jaia Robotics$270K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.6M
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal contractDefense · Jaiabot System$10K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
4months
from JAIA Robotics Inc’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Mar 2022
- Defense · $10K
- First Form D · Jun 2022
- $1.6M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- David VoorhesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ian Estaphan OwenExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jason WebsterDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nevin CarrDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Susan BallochDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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