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Pollen Robotics

France

The April 2025 acquisition was Hugging Face's first hardware move, pairing its open-source AI ecosystem with the $70,000 Reachy 2 platform already used by labs such as Cornell and Carnegie Mellon.

Updated 2026-07-10 · Last verified 2026-07-09

CountryFR
CategoryHumanoids
Stageacquired
Founded2,016
What they doOpen-source humanoid robot maker behind Reachy, acquired by Hugging Face in 2025 to bring embodied AI to a mass developer community.

Sources : TechCrunch (2025-04-14)Hugging Face (2025-04-14)Forbes (2025-06-02)

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Christian Verbrugge

Christian Verbrugge · D·Fairy

Bringing a physical AI solution into European industry?

15 years at KUKA on automotive OEM programs (€100M), now focused on edge AI and autonomous agents. I support robotics and embodied AI companies on their EMEA market entry: OEM and Tier 1 access, co-funded pilots, AI Act readiness.

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