UMA

UMA is a robotics and physical AI company based in Paris, founded in 2025.

The company focuses on developing general-purpose mobile and humanoid robots designed to operate in real-world environments, enhancing quality of life. UMA emphasizes human-level dexterity and embodied intelligence, aiming to create robots that can learn through demonstration and work safely in various sectors, including logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare. The company is working on a humanoid robot platform, featuring a design and a learning architecture known as Real-Time Learning. One of its notable projects is a lightweight humanoid robot codenamed Northstar. UMA plans to implement a robot-as-a-service business model, allowing customers to subscribe to fleets of robots instead of purchasing them outright. Target markets include warehouses, logistics operators, factories, and hospitals, with aspirations to expand into residential settings in the future. The company is actively engaging with potential customers to prepare for industrial pilot programs.