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Shepherd Robotics

Robots for high skilled labor powering AI infrastructure

Shepherd Robotics builds general purpose robots for skilled physical work across AI infrastructure and advanced manufacturing. Our robots are powered by robot foundation models and use modular, flexible hardware designed to adapt to different environments and tasks. We train our systems on a combination of real world and simulation data so they can learn complex manipulation skills and generalize across workflows. We are starting with tasks such as data center construction and operations, cable and wire manufacturing, wire harness assembly, kitting, and factory packaging, where traditional automation struggles with variability, dexterity, and changing environments.
Active Founders
Feifei Duan
Feifei Duan
Founder/CEO
Cofounder and CEO at Shepherd Robotics. Ex-Waymo and Chef Robotics engineer. Trained large transformer models at Waymo and deployed robots into large food factories at Chef Robotics.
David Fang
David Fang
Founder/CTO
David Fang is co-founder and CTO of Shepherd Robotics. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at Dyna Robotics working on large-scale robot learning, and building ML systems for autonomous driving at Cruise.
Kai Ru
Kai Ru
Founder
Founder at Shepherd Robotics. x Cruise & Rivian self driving cars, planning, research, foundational models.
Shepherd Robotics
Founded:2026
Batch:Fall 2026
Team Size:3
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Charlie Warren