SafeWorld exits stealth mode with $12.2 million seed round to build robot safety simulation

SafeWorld has exited stealth mode and announced a $12.2 million seed round co-led by Shine Capital and a16z Speedrun. Its platform builds scenarios in the browser based on historical incidents, safety standards, and robot logs, then runs thousands of variants with realistic reactive human motion to test robot safety performance, covering robotic arms, humanoids, and mobile robots, with customers across industrial, manufacturing, logistics, construction, and home scenarios. The funding will be used for enterprise outreach, team expansion, and advancing AI safety research.