RealSense, a pioneer in AI-powered computer vision, has achieved two significant milestones: its successful spinout from Intel Corporation backed by a $50 million Series A funding round, and a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to advance physical AI adoption in humanoids and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). These developments position RealSense as an independent, venture-backed entity focused on scaling innovation in robotics, biometrics, and computer vision.
The spinout, fueled by $50 million in funding, enables RealSense to expand into emerging markets and scale manufacturing, sales, and global go-to-market efforts. Backed by strategic investors like Intel Capital, the company maintains support for its existing customers and product roadmap. Nadav Orbach, CEO of RealSense, stated, “This collaboration cements RealSense’s role as the perception platform of choice for AMRs and humanoids. Our independence from Intel and support from top investors give us the agility to innovate, while our work with NVIDIA accelerates the mainstream adoption of physical AI.”
RealSense is integrating its advanced depth cameras with NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, including the Jetson Thor supercomputer for humanoids, Isaac Sim for digital twins to bridge prototype-to-production gaps, and Holoscan Sensor Bridge for low-latency IoT streaming. This partnership combines RealSense’s perception expertise with NVIDIA’s AI compute to shorten time-to-market, uncover new applications, and ensure safe scaling. The collaboration supports RealSense’s mission to enable safe robotics and AI integration in daily life, as Orbach emphasized, “We’re building systems that remove danger and drudgery from human work, amplifying human potential with intelligent, secure and reliable vision systems.”
With a global customer base exceeding 3,000 and over 80 patents, RealSense holds strong market traction in robotics, industrial automation, security, healthcare, and "tech for good" initiatives. Partnerships with firms like ANYbotics, Eyesynth, FIT:match, and Mobile Industrial Robots (MIR) highlight its impact. The recently launched D555 depth camera, powered by the RealSense Vision SoC V5 and featuring Power over Ethernet (PoE), exemplifies ongoing advancements in embedded vision and edge AI. RealSense’s technology is embedded in 60% of the world’s AMRs and 80% of humanoid robots, aligning with explosive market growth.
These milestones arrive amid surging demand for robotics and biometrics, with the robotics sector expected to quadruple to over $200 billion in six years and humanoid robots growing at a 40%+ CAGR. Facial biometrics are also gaining traction in applications like airport screening and event entry.
RealSense’s spinout and NVIDIA collaboration solidify its role in shaping intelligent machines, fostering safe, efficient integration of AI and robotics into everyday applications while driving innovation across industries.
Incubated at Intel Corporation, RealSense delivers industry-leading depth cameras and vision technology used in autonomous mobile robots, access control, industrial automation, healthcare and more. With a mission to deliver world-class perception systems for Physical AI and safely integrate robotics and AI into everyday life, RealSense provides intelligent, secure and reliable vision systems that help machines navigate and interact with the human world. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, California, with operations worldwide.
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