
SWARM Biotactics builds controllable bio-robotic insect swarms that gather real-time intelligence where conventional robots cannot operate. The company outfits living insects with modular "backpacks"…

SWARM Biotactics builds controllable bio-robotic insect swarms that gather real-time intelligence where conventional robots cannot operate. The company outfits living insects with modular "backpacks"…
Company: SWARM Biotactics — bio-robotics startup building controllable insect swarms for ISR and tactical use
Founded: 2024
Headquarters: Kassel, Germany (U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco)
Latest funding: €10M seed announced Jun 24, 2025 (total €13M including €3M pre-seed)
Key investors: Vertex Ventures US, Possible Ventures, Capnamic
Tactical ISR, security, disaster response, and inspection in environments unsuitable for traditional robotic platforms.
2024
Biotechnology
€3M
€10M
Round included Vertex Ventures US, Possible Ventures, and Capnamic
“Participation from multiple institutional VCs including Vertex Ventures US, Possible Ventures, and Capnamic indicates institutional venture backing”
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At SWARM Biotactics , we’re creating biorobots — living, intelligent systems based on insects. Each insect carries a custom-designed backpack that enables wireless control, sensing, and secure communication.
Biorobot swarms combine the agility of biology with AI, sensors, and swarm coordination — unlocking capabilities where conventional machines fail.
We are the only company in the world doing this — and we’re pushing the edge of what’s possible in every domain: from biology to embedded hardware to swarm intelligence.
Effective and efficient environmental recognition is crucial for achieving our goals. By building a model of the environment, we enable focused action of the swarm and its individuals. We are looking for a motivated and driven working student (full- or part-time) to help us advance one of our environmental recognition pipelines. The objective is to enhance the pipeline’s capabilities. This can be achieved by improving existing capabilities. However, a key part of this work is to add new capabilities. In some cases, these capabilities already exist on other systems and simply need to be migrated. We strongly encourage adding your "own" new capabilities that don't yet exist in our stack.
This role involves work in the fields of Software Engineering, Machine/Deep Learning, and DevOps. You will work with multimodal data, SOTA Machine/Deep Learning inference frameworks, and SOTA edge deployment solutions. We do not require in-depth knowledge in all of these areas. A strong work ethic and the capacity to learn the necessary skills are essential. We're looking for someone with a strong sense of ownership for “their” product and a desire to keep improving it.
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If you’re ready to create the impossible — hands-on, every day — we want to meet you. Feel free to apply directly here via LinkedIn or send your application materials to fabian.schwickert@swarm-biotactics.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
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