
Lucid focuses on building robots that perform labor-intensive tasks. The company's primary product is a drone that can clean buildings up to 8x faster than traditional methods. Lucid engineers, manufactures, and supports all of its technology domestically.

Lucid focuses on building robots that perform labor-intensive tasks. The company's primary product is a drone that can clean buildings up to 8x faster than traditional methods. Lucid engineers, manufactures, and supports all of its technology domestically.
Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
What they build: Autonomous drones and robots for labor-intensive exterior/commercial cleaning (Sherpa line)
Performance claim: Drones that can clean buildings up to 8x faster than traditional methods
Latest round: Series A — $9.1M (announced 2024-05-08), led by Cubit Capital
Employees: ~75
Founded / early program: Founded 2018; participated in Y Combinator (2019 cohort)
Labor-intensive exterior/commercial cleaning (e.g., multi‑storied building/window cleaning) and related dirty/dangerous tasks.
2018
Robotics; commercial cleaning
$9.1M
Round included participation from Idea Fund Partners, Danu Venture Group, and existing investors including Y Combinator's Growth Fund and Gratus Capital.
“Series A led by Cubit Capital with participation from Idea Fund Partners, Danu Venture Group, Y Combinator's Growth Fund, and Gratus Capital.”