Thai startup Amity Robotics closes US$7.0 million Seed round to build a globally competitive physical AI company

Amity Robotics, a physical AI and robotics company, today announced the close of a US$7 million seed round combining equity and debt financing. The equity portion was led by East Ventures with participation from 500 Global, and 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.

At the center of the company's platform is ARC Base, a static physical AI kiosk that acts as an AI concierge for the properties it serves. ARC Base is now live across more than 30 properties in Singapore, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, with the company's first European customer deployment coming in July. ARC Base is deployed with leading mall operators including Pavilion KL, Siam Piwat, The Mall Group, Pacific Place Jakarta, and across 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, maximizing customer experiences. It is also pioneering and developing Edge AI technology for its robots. The company will soon launch ARC Move, its first mobile robot, extending its physical AI platform beyond static kiosks. The ARC Move will be able 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.

"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.