Feather develops modular humanoid platform for $30,000 — TechCrunch

In the United States, startup Feather Robotics is developing a modular humanoid platform for developers priced at $30,000. The company is already selling robots to customers and says its revenue has exceeded $1 million, TechCrunch reports.

A platform for developers

In 2025, Feather co-founder Hoa Mai, who had previously sold his humanoid development startup to 1X, joined forces with Parsa Bakhtiari, a former Tesla Model 3 engineer. Bakhtiari reported directly to Elon Musk for some time. The founders want to create a platform compared to Android in robotics.

The system enables developers to customize the hardware for different tasks, including changing arm length. The hardware can work with models from leading robotics AI developers, including Generalist, Skild, and Physical Intelligence.

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Sales and applications

Feather does not disclose the names of its customers, but says its robots work as chefs in restaurants in Japan and clean scientific laboratories. The company has sold robots in small batches. According to Mai, after a year of field testing, the startup has eliminated nearly all problems and is preparing for a major product launch.

Feather's $7.6 million pre-seed funding round was led by Gradient Ventures. Darian Shirazi, a general partner at the fund, believes Feather has no direct competitors in the United States among developers of modular humanoid platforms.

Price and ecosystem

Mai noted that the company looked to the example of Chinese robot manufacturers, including Unitree. According to Feather, its robot is about twice as cheap as the Unitree H2 Edu. The company expects the value of robotics to grow alongside the emergence of an application ecosystem for physical AI.