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Today, weโre launching SafeWorld.
Iโm building it with Ding Zhao (@zhao__ding) and Kyle Wong (@kwong47).
Ding has spent nearly two decades working on the safety of autonomous systems. He leads the Safe AI Lab at Carnegie Mellon, and is an NSF CAREER Award recipient in this space. Few people have thought as deeply about how to make increasingly intelligent machines operate safely in the physical world.
Our mission: ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
Weโve raised $๐ญ๐ฎ.๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, co-led by Shine Capital and a16z Speedrun.
Some robot safety tests are too dangerous to run around people.
A person steps out from behind a shelf. A cart blocks a sensor. Someone changes direction near a moving robot.
More capable robots need more capable ways to test what happens next.
SafeWorld builds ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. Teams turn incidents, safety standards, and robot logs into scenarios. They test thousands of variations with realistic, reactive human motion, alongside physical testing.
Weโre already working with robotics companies and global enterprises.
Kyle and I have worked together for seven years, starting when I joined Pixlee as its founding engineer and first hire. I built its backend, frontend, computer vision and clothing recommendation systems, and hired engineering teams.
My background is in machine learning, anomaly detection, and large-scale data systems. At Salesforce Einstein, I helped build pipelines and deploy models across systems processing over 10 billion events daily.
Together, weโre bringing research, engineering, and company-building experience to robot safety.
Thank you to our team, customers, and everyone backing us. Special thanks to:
@aehartz123, @Tocelot, @emilybenn12, @nkatragadda, @grosen, and Eric Chen.
@degenfranco, @mikesholiu, @AndreaShuyuWang, Sebastian Zhou, @SRFtweets, and Dulcie fforde.
@ernestinefu, @marcmenase, @AnguelovDrago, @stanleytang, John Lin, and @far33d.
Thank you @TimFernholz for telling our story: techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/canโฆ
Watch our founder video below.
Building or deploying robots around people? Explore SafeWorld and request a demo: safeworld.ai
Iโm building it with Ding Zhao (@zhao__ding) and Kyle Wong (@kwong47).
Ding has spent nearly two decades working on the safety of autonomous systems. He leads the Safe AI Lab at Carnegie Mellon, and is an NSF CAREER Award recipient in this space. Few people have thought as deeply about how to make increasingly intelligent machines operate safely in the physical world.
Our mission: ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
Weโve raised $๐ญ๐ฎ.๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, co-led by Shine Capital and a16z Speedrun.
Some robot safety tests are too dangerous to run around people.
A person steps out from behind a shelf. A cart blocks a sensor. Someone changes direction near a moving robot.
More capable robots need more capable ways to test what happens next.
SafeWorld builds ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. Teams turn incidents, safety standards, and robot logs into scenarios. They test thousands of variations with realistic, reactive human motion, alongside physical testing.
Weโre already working with robotics companies and global enterprises.
Kyle and I have worked together for seven years, starting when I joined Pixlee as its founding engineer and first hire. I built its backend, frontend, computer vision and clothing recommendation systems, and hired engineering teams.
My background is in machine learning, anomaly detection, and large-scale data systems. At Salesforce Einstein, I helped build pipelines and deploy models across systems processing over 10 billion events daily.
Together, weโre bringing research, engineering, and company-building experience to robot safety.
Thank you to our team, customers, and everyone backing us. Special thanks to:
@aehartz123, @Tocelot, @emilybenn12, @nkatragadda, @grosen, and Eric Chen.
@degenfranco, @mikesholiu, @AndreaShuyuWang, Sebastian Zhou, @SRFtweets, and Dulcie fforde.
@ernestinefu, @marcmenase, @AnguelovDrago, @stanleytang, John Lin, and @far33d.
Thank you @TimFernholz for telling our story: techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/canโฆ
Watch our founder video below.
Building or deploying robots around people? Explore SafeWorld and request a demo: safeworld.ai
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