Reward AI is based in the SF Bay Area.
The founders are two of Stanford's standout robot-learning researchers:
Zipeng Fu (Cofounder, CEO), advised by Chelsea Finn, ex-Google DeepMind. Lead author on Mobile ALOHA (the viral $32k robot that cooks and cleans) and HumanPlus (humanoids learning by shadowing humans).
Chen Wang (Cofounder, CTO), advised by Fei-Fei Li and Karen Liu. Lead author on DexCap, the portable dexterous-manipulation capture system OM-1's wearable hand is built on.