The page provides contact information for Persona AI Inc, including its address in Houston, TX, and information about humanoid robots for heavy industry.
Houston-based Persona AI expands operations at the Ion and announces a milestone toward deploying humanoid robots. The company plans prototype deliveries for shipyard welding tasks.
Persona AI’s founders, Nicolaus Radford and Jerry Pratt, are building industrial humanoids for real job sites. The profile says the company targets skilled industrial labor and emphasizes work in actual industrial settings over demonstration videos, distinguishing its focus from humanoid startups centered on staged demonstrations.
Persona AI, based in Houston, raises an oversubscribed $27 million pre-seed round to develop humanoid robots for shipyards and manufacturing. Its founders are Nicolaus Radford, Jerry Pratt, and Jide Akinyode, while Unity Growth and Tides Ventures serve as co-leads of the round.
Persona AI Inc. closes an oversubscribed $27 million pre-seed round to accelerate its industrial humanoid platform. Unity Growth and Tides Ventures co-lead the financing. Persona AI also cites a shipyard deployment agreement with HD Hyundai. The company announces the round on May 14, 2025.
