Meet Dexterity

The company putting intelligence into the physical world.

Why We Exist

Digital AI generates text and images. We close the loop - from perception to reasoning to action in the real world.

Dexterity was founded on a conviction: that the next great leap in AI isn't another chatbot - it's giving machines the intelligence to operate in unstructured physical environments with the dexterity, judgment, and safety that the real world demands.

Our Journey

2017

Founded

Samir Menon founds Dexterity in Redwood City, California - assembling a team of Stanford roboticists with a singular bet: that AI could give robots genuine dexterity, not just motion.

2021

First Autonomous Pick

Dexterity's AI completes its first fully autonomous robotic pick - the moment Physical AI moved from research to reality. The system perceived, reasoned, and acted without human intervention.

2022

First Enterprise Deployment

Mech deploys at its first Fortune 500 customer facility for autonomous truck loading. Dexterity becomes one of the first companies to put Physical AI into continuous production.

2023

10 Million Actions

Dexterity surpasses 10 million autonomous in-production actions across customer sites - each one a real decision made by AI in an unstructured physical environment.

2024

International Expansion

Operations expand to Japan through a strategic partnership with Sagawa Express and Sumitomo Corporation - bringing Physical AI to one of the world's most demanding logistics markets.

2025

100 Million Actions

Dexterity reaches 100 million autonomous in-production actions.

2026

Driving Enterprise Transformation

FedEx highlights Dexterity at its Investor Day as a key technology partner for the future of logistics.

Founding Team

Samir Menon

Founder & CEO

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Samir founded Dexterity with the conviction that AI must move beyond screens and into the physical world. He holds a PhD and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University, where his research focused on robotic control and simulation. Under his leadership, Dexterity has grown from a research vision to 100 million autonomous actions in production across Fortune 50 operations.

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Robert Sun

Co-Founder & Founding Engineer

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Kevin Chavez

Co-Founder & Founding Engineer

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Ben Varkey Benjamin

Co-Founder & Founding Engineer

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Talbot Morris-Downing

Co-Founder & Founding Engineer

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Cuthbert Sun

Co-Founder & Founding Engineer

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Backed by the best

Kleiner Perkins
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Obvious Ventures
Sumitomo Corporation
B37 Ventures

As Featured In

BloombergTechCrunchYahoo FinanceRobotics 24/7Modern Materials HandlingThe AI Insider

Trusted by Industry Leaders

FedEx
Maersk
Sagawa
TJX
VFC

Help us deliver world-changing robotics

Working with Dexterity, you will work to solve some of the toughest challenges facing the largest businesses on Earth. We apply cutting edge Physical AI and advanced robotics with a focus on creating long term business value and global impact to support our customers.

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