Syncere
Ambient home robotics and intelligent robotic lamps
CORE INFO
Syncere sells LUME, a furniture-like floor lamp that can navigate homes and handle chores such as folding laundry, making beds, resetting pillows, and tidying rooms. Its customers are consumers who want household assistance without adding a conventional robot to their living space.
- Funding: Syncere announced an $11 million pre-seed round led by a16z Speedrun on November 3, 2026.axios.combizjournals.com
- Paid preorders: Syncere had approximately 1,500 by November 3, 2026, with LUME deliveries beginning to Bay Area customers.bizjournals.com
- Fast Company reported that LUME combines a living-room lamp design with laundry-folding robotics and that Syncere was moving the product into production, while noting unresolved manufacturing and reliability risks.fastcompany.comfastcompany.com
WHY WE WOULD WORK AT SYNCERE
Give Time Back
Help build robots that return time, attention, and freedom to people at home. LUME already targets tangible chores like folding laundry, making beds, and tidying rooms.
Redefine Home Robotics
Work on a radically different form factor: an intelligent floor lamp instead of a humanoid robot. LUME combines lighting, autonomous navigation, manipulation, perception, and local AI in one domestic product.
Build From Zero
Join a 2025-founded company moving from concept to production in under a year. With roughly 12 employees and plans to at least double headcount, your work can shape products, processes, and culture.
Cross-Disciplinary Team
Collaborate across robotics, machine learning, mechanical and electrical engineering, manufacturing, and design. The team brings experience from Stanford, Harvard, Apple, Tesla, Nuro, AMD, and the University of Toronto.
Real Customer Momentum
LUME has approximately 1,500 paid preorders, about $4.8 million in reported preorder demand, and initial Bay Area deliveries underway. You'll help turn early demand into a reliable household product.
Proven Early Recognition
LUME was named a TIME Best Invention of 2026 and won a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award. The company has also raised an announced $11 million pre-seed led by a16z Speedrun to scale manufacturing and physical-AI development.
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PRODUCT AND TECH
LUME Robotic Lamp
LUME is Syncere's flagship ambient home robot: a furniture-oriented floor lamp that combines illumination with autonomous household assistance. Its design helps robotics blend naturally into domestic environments.
Robotic Manipulation
LUME uses robotic manipulation to perform soft-material and household tasks such as folding laundry, making beds, resetting pillows, and tidying rooms. This gives the system practical utility beyond lighting.
Computer Vision Perception
Computer vision and perception systems help LUME understand its surroundings, identify household objects, and interact with them. These capabilities support autonomous navigation and chore execution.
Local Physical AI
Syncere combines local AI computing, machine learning, and physical-AI techniques to enable responsive robotic behavior in the home. Sensor data from household activities is used to train LUME's AI and vision systems.
Adaptive Software Capabilities
LUME is designed to gain additional chore capabilities through software updates without requiring new hardware. ClearTouch® technology combines vision, manipulation, and light, while Personalization Band® learns user preferences during onboarding.