Industrial humanoid. Welding for shipyards and steel.
Persona AI is a humanoid robotics company headquartered in Houston, Texas, building robots for welding work in shipyards and heavy industry.houston.innovationmap.com
- What they build
Persona AI designs and builds industrial humanoid robots for welding and related fabrication work in shipyards, steel fabrication shops and other heavy-industry sites.humanoidsdaily.com
- Where they stand
HD Hyundai and POSCO are Persona AI's two named industrial partners; the relationship remains at the prototype and pilot stage.IEEE Spectrum
- Who they sell to
The company says its modular platform is intended for welding, grinding, inspection, material handling and equipment maintenance across shipyards, steel facilities, ports and energy infrastructure.humanoidsdaily.com
- Who runs it
Nic Radford, Jerry Pratt and Jide Akinyode founded Persona AI.finsmes.com
- Who's backed them
The company says it closed an oversubscribed $27m pre-seed round on or about 14 May 2025.PR Newswire
Persona describes these capabilities in the future tense on its own site. Its robots are stated as being developed, not deployed, and this page follows that.
Compiled from publicly available sources, September 2026. 5 sources. Every statement above links to its own.