{"id":3488371,"date":"2026-03-12T17:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/humanoid-manufacturer-sunday-attains-a-valuation-of-1-15-billion-to-create-domestic-robots\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:04:50","slug":"humanoid-manufacturer-sunday-attains-a-valuation-of-1-15-billion-to-create-domestic-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/humanoid-manufacturer-sunday-attains-a-valuation-of-1-15-billion-to-create-domestic-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanoid manufacturer Sunday attains a valuation of $1.15 billion to create domestic robots."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/humanoid-manufacturer-sunday-attains-a-valuation-of-1-15-billion-to-create-domestic-robots.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The robotics firm Sunday has completed a funding round that has elevated the company to unicorn status, indicating a valuation of over $1 billion, as stated on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Sunday, it has secured $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation in a Series B round overseen by Coatue Management. Additional participants in this round include Tiger Global, Benchmark, and Bain Capital Ventures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having emerged from stealth at the end of last year, the company reportedly has 1,000 individuals on its waitlist, as per Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded by Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi, Sunday aims to create a domestic humanoid named Memo that assists with chores such as laundry and table clearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For decades, experts have aspired to create a robot resembling this \u2014 akin to Rosie from &#8220;The Jetsons&#8221; \u2014 but have faced repeated challenges, primarily due to the deficiency of training data necessary for teaching robots to adeptly handle objects with varying weights, textures, and fragility (consider: towels against wine glasses). As advancements in AI technology persist, a wave of new robotic innovations is entering the marketplace, striving to resurrect the concept of the humanoid assistant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/humanoid-manufacturer-sunday-attains-a-valuation-of-1-15-billion-to-create-domestic-robots.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The robotics firm Sunday has completed a funding round that has elevated the company to unicorn status, indicating a valuation of over $1 billion, as stated on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Sunday, it has secured $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation in a Series B round overseen by Coatue Management. Additional participants in this round include Tiger Global, Benchmark, and Bain Capital Ventures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having emerged from stealth at the end of last year, the company reportedly has 1,000 individuals on its waitlist, as per Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded by Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi, Sunday aims to create a domestic humanoid named Memo that assists with chores such as laundry and table clearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For decades, experts have aspired to create a robot resembling this \u2014 akin to Rosie from &#8220;The Jetsons&#8221; \u2014 but have faced repeated challenges, primarily due to the deficiency of training data necessary for teaching robots to adeptly handle objects with varying weights, textures, and fragility (consider: towels against wine glasses). As advancements in AI technology persist, a wave of new robotic innovations is entering the marketplace, striving to resurrect the concept of the humanoid assistant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3488372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3488371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3488371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3488372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3488371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3488371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3488371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}