Company defunct — verified 2026-09-30
K-Scale Labs shut down around November 2025 and refunded deposits. Kept as history.
Open-source humanoid robots, built for developers
K-Scale Labs is building the most integrated open-source stack—from hardware to machine learning—powering the next era of general-purpose robotics
A whole ecosystem of robotics building blocks.
See also The Open-Source Robotics Startup That Caught OpenAI’s Eye — The Information
See physical-ai-and-humanoids for the 2026 humanoid landscape.
Snapshot: company description and stack claims above date from 2025; shutdown per KB-AI-AUDIT-2026-09 Appendix A (confirmed there; not re-fetched 2026-09-30).
Sources
- KB-AI-AUDIT-2026-09, Appendix A (2026-09-30)
- https://www.theinformation.com/articles/open-source-robotics-startup-caught-openais-eye