Amity Robotics, a physical AI and robotics company, today announced the closing of a US$7 million seed round consisting of equity and debt financing. The equity portion was led by East Ventures with participation from 500 Global, while the debt portion was led by AlteriQ Global. The capital will fund Amity Robotics’ mission to build a globally competitive physical AI and robotics company from Thailand.
The core of the company’s platform is ARC Base, a static physical AI kiosk that acts as an AI concierge for properties. ARC Base is currently live across more than 30 properties in Singapore, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, with its first European deployment scheduled for July. The solution is deployed with mall operators including Pavilion KL, Siam Piwat, The Mall Group, and Pacific Place Jakarta, as well as hotels operated by global groups including IHG, Accor, and Shangri-La.
Amity Robotics assembles its own solutions and develops a proprietary “Robotic Operating System” that powers its voice conversations and movements. It is also developing Edge AI technology for its robots. The company will soon launch ARC Move, its first mobile robot, expanding the platform beyond static kiosks to approach, help, and guide customers around stores and large properties. Amity Robotics is a sister company to the AI group Amity, which recently closed a US$100 million Series D round.
“We believe a world-class physical AI company can be built from Thailand and Southeast Asia. This round is a strong endorsement of that ambition, and of a future where AI steps into the physical world to serve people directly,” said Korawad Chearavanont, Chairman of Amity Robotics.
“We are thrilled to double down on our support for Korawad and the team by backing Amity Robotics as they build the future of physical AI from Southeast Asia. They have already proven their exceptional execution capabilities with this new venture, capturing immediate commercial viability through ARC Base deployments across major hotel brands and premier malls in seven markets. We look forward to supporting them as they build a world-class robotics powerhouse from Thailand and scale globally,” said Willson Cuaca, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at East Ventures.
“The momentum behind ARC Base across malls and hotels in seven markets shows that physical AI is ready for real commercial deployment, not just pilots. This funding lets us deepen our integrations, scale operations, and bring Arc Move to market,” said Lionel Chin, Chief Operating Officer of Amity Robotics.
“The opportunity to be able to feed the AI to grow and evolve as well as the fast response time from ARC, made the implementation of the 2 units and the impact on our guests a worthy partnership,” said Greg Gubiani, General Manager of the Crowne Plaza Changi (Singapore), a client of Amity Robotics.
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