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🇨🇦 Canada ・ Vancouver, British Columbia

Sanctuary AI

Canadian company focused on dexterous hydraulic hands and robot AI

Founded
2018
Robots
1
Case studies
2
Listing
Private
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Phoenix

Overview

Sanctuary AI, based in Vancouver, develops the Phoenix humanoid and high-strength hydraulic hands, with a strategic partnership and equity investment from Magna. Co-founder Geordie Rose stepped down as CEO in November 2024, and Daniel Friedmann was appointed CEO in 2026. In June 2026 it began offering its AI software for other robot platforms, and it has reported validation at a Tier 1 automotive supplier.

Strengths

  • Dexterity from hydraulic hands
  • RL and sim-to-real hand control
  • Automotive partnership with Magna
  • AI offered for other robot platforms

Robots we can source

PhoenixImage
Humanoid
🇨🇦 Sanctuary AI CanadaPilot

Phoenix

General-purpose humanoid with dexterous hydraulic hands, driven by the Carbon AI control system, demonstrating in-hand manipulation.

Price
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Case studies

AutomotivePilot🇨🇦 Canada ・ 2024

Strategic partnership with Magna to bring Phoenix into factories

Beyond its equity investment, Magna is piloting Phoenix in its manufacturing operations and jointly assessing cost and scalability.

Sanctuary AI ・ Phoenix ・ Magna Internationaltherobotreport.com
AutomotivePoC🇨🇦 Canada

Physical AI validated at a Tier 1 automotive supplier

Sanctuary reported validating its physical AI performance at an unnamed Tier 1 automotive supplier.

Sanctuary AIsanctuary.ai

SOURCES

  1. 1.https://sanctuary.ai/news/
  2. 2.https://sanctuary.ai/news/daniel-friedmann-appointed-ceo-of-sanctuary-ai/
  3. 3.https://sanctuary.ai/news/zeon-invests-in-sanctuary-ai-and-partners-to-advance-specialized-materials-for-dexterous-robotics/
  4. 4.https://thelogic.co/news/sanctuary-ai-ceo-geordie-rose-out/
  5. 5.https://www.therobotreport.com/sanctuary-ai-enters-strategic-relationship-with-magna-to-build-embodied-ai-robots/

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