Sureform collects real-world data for multimodal and embodied AI. It gathers high-quality human data across diverse interactions and environments to help advance multimodal AI and robotics models. The company was founded by Ananth Kashyap (CEO), previously at the University of Pennsylvania and Google. Sureform was part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch.
Sureform
ActiveReal-world data for multimodal and embodied AI
Total raised
$500K
1 round
Stage
Seed
Jan 2025
Team
1-10
since 2025
Pricing
—
Founded
2025
Palo Alto, United States
Agent-ready
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Collection of real-world human data for AI training
Coverage of diverse interactions and environments
Data oriented toward multimodal AI models
Data oriented toward embodied AI and robotics
High-quality human demonstrations and recordings
Datasets aimed at advancing model performance in physical settings
Capture across varied real-world scenarios rather than synthetic-only data
Support for the data needs of robotics development
12/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Jan 2025 Seed $500K ● Y Combinator
Capital network
$500K raised ·1 backer·10 network links
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- What is Sureform?
- Sureform collects real-world data for multimodal and embodied AI, gathering high-quality human data across diverse interactions and environments to help advance AI and robotics models.
- What kind of data does Sureform collect?
- It focuses on high-quality, real-world human data captured across diverse environments and interactions, aimed at multimodal and embodied AI use cases.
- Who would use Sureform's data?
- Teams building multimodal AI and robotics models that need grounded, real-world human data rather than synthetic-only datasets.
- Who founded Sureform?
- Sureform was founded by Ananth Kashyap (CEO), previously at the University of Pennsylvania and Google, and was part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch.
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