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Launching a Robotic Motion Dataset Generation Service in January 2026

Telexistence Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Jin Tomioka) today announced the launch of a groundbreaking service that will generate large-scale, stable, and cost-efficient robotic motion datasets tailored to customer requirements. The service will officially begin in January 2026, with pre-orders opening in September 2025. At the core of this initiative is Telexistence’s newly established “Motion […]

Telexistence Wins the Prime Minister’s Award at the Japan Startup Awards 2025

Telexistence Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Jin Tomioka) has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award at the government-led Japan Startup Awards 2025. The Japan Startup Awards is a government recognition program that celebrates entrepreneurs and startups creating impactful new businesses that serve as role models for the next generation. Telexistence has been advancing the social […]

Telexistence and Physical Intelligence Announce Partnership to Automate Drink-Restocking Operations in Retail Stores

Telexistence Inc. (“TX”) and Physical Intelligence (“PI”) announced a partnership to develop robotic foundation models, aiming to automate tasks of drink-restocking operations in convenience stores.  To date, TX’s AI robot “TX GHOST” has been running in convenience stores to automate the majority of drink-restocking tasks. Here, teleoperation by remote operators was also combined, due to […]

Telexistence Robotic Solutions to Begin Phased Operation

Telexistence Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Jin Tomioka; “TX”) and SENKO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kita-ku, Osaka; President: Kenji Sugimoto; “SENKO”) will introduce TX’s robotic solutions at SENKO’s Fukuoka XD, beginning phased operation in actual business activities from July 2024. Additionally, TX has begun development of next-generation models with improved processing capabilities, targeting deployment within 2 […]

MIT-Japan Program Internship Report: Sophia Cheung

As part of Telexistence’s effort to find the best talent from anywhere on the planet, we work with Master’s and PhD interns throughout the year. Sophia connected with us via the MIT-Japan Program and decided to relocate to Japan for six months to work together. Background: MIT Master’s of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering, MIT […]

Telexistence Raises USD 170M (JPY 23Bn) Series B

Announces new partnerships with SoftBank Robotics Group and Foxconn, accelerating its business expansion in North America and operational capabilities in mass production Telexistence (“TX”) has successfully raised a USD 170M Series B round. In addition to the follow-on investments from the lead investors in previous funding rounds, including Monoful Venture Partners, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, […]

2022 Summer Intern Report: Shreyas Sharma

As part of Telexistence’s effort to find the best talent from anywhere on the planet, we work with Master’s and PhD interns throughout the year. Shreyas reached out to us in June 2022 showing his strong interest in the opportunity to work together. It took us only a couple of weeks to agree that it […]

International Media Response to Telexistence’s Press Release on 300-Store Deployment (Online Media Coverage)

On August 10, 2022, Telexistence issued a press release regarding the installation of TX SCARA into 300 FamilyMart stores across Japan. The press release generated a tremendous response, and within a month of its release, media in at least 27 countries around the world carried the news in more than 80 original articles. In addition, […]

[JOINT RELEASE] Telexistence to Begin Installing AI Robot “TX SCARA” in 300 FamilyMart Stores

Telexistence and FamilyMart today announced the mass deployment of its originally developed AI robot “TX SCARA” and the in-store task analysis system “TX Work Analytics” into 300 FamilyMart stores starting later this month. ■Reducing Store Expenses and Achieving Higher Quality Store Operations with “TX SCARA” and “TX Work Analytics” TX SCARA was created to do […]