Startup · Switzerland
RIVR
HQ Zurich, Switzerland51-200 employeesUpdated
RIVR builds General Physical AI by deploying autonomous legged robots for real-world doorstep delivery.
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| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncrewed systems | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Deploys autonomous legged robots for doorstep delivery, a commercial use with no defense use stated. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Deploys autonomous legged robots for doorstep delivery, a commercial use with no defense use stated.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People4
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Alexander Reske | Co-founder |
| Giorgio Valsecchi | Co-founder |
| Lorenz Wellhausen | Co-founder |
| Marko Bjelonic | co-founder and CEO |
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Profile3
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Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
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- 2DatabaseRIVR company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“country: CH (profile: Affolternstrasse 42, Zurich, 8050, CH)”
- 3CompanyRIVR
RIVR · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“RIVR builds General Physical AI by deploying autonomous legged robots for real-world doorstep delivery.”
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embodyvc.com · Supports Role
“Giorgio Valsecchi co-founded RIVR and serves as CTO of Hardware, and Alexander Reske co-founded RIVR and serves as COO; both were likewise part of the ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab team that developed the company’s original wheeled-legged robotics research before incorporating the company in 2023 (”
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embodyvc.com · Supports Role
“Marko Bjelonic is the co-founder and CEO of RIVR (formerly Swiss-Mile), a Zurich-based robotics company that builds wheeled-legged robots for doorstep delivery.”
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