Est. 2024 · North America
Persona AI
Houston, United States
Industrial humanoids for shipyards, fab shops, and construction. NASA and IHMC DNA. HD Hyundai is the first yard. The weld is the job - not a laundry demo.
On camera
First Spark
Persona AI. Untethered weld at ARC Specialties, Houston.
Known valuation
Published number not in the file yet. If you have a valuation they disclosed, tell Future of Built. The form is below.
Known clients
Publicly named customers on jobs - not a complete list.
- SSE Steel Fabrication
- ARC Specialties
- State of Louisiana
Works with
OEMs, platforms, accelerators. The names on the door - including cohorts, not awards.
- HD Hyundai
- POSCO
- ABS
- Vazil
Awards
No industry award in the file yet - BuiltWorlds, Constructech, CES, RBR50, TIME. Accelerators sit under Works with.
Intro
Do not ping the vendor cold. Tell us the trade. We send it to Future of Built and Persona AI.
Notes
2026-07
First Spark: untethered weld at ARC Specialties, Houston
Squat, strike an arc, stand up. A humanoid in a live fab shop.
2026-03
Hyundai JDA for shipyard welding humanoids
HD KSOE, HD Hyundai Robotics, Persona AI. Phased delivery into yards.
2026-01
Louisiana MOU - pilot at SSE Steel in St. Bernard Parish
Fillet welds on fitted members. The first industrial humanoid on that floor.
