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Vicarious Surgical

Vicarious Surgical makes Vicarious Surgical Robotic System, which is at stage 1 of 5: demo only.

Website: vicarioussurgical.com
Based in: United States
Latest milestone: 21 July 2026

01Robots

What Vicarious Surgical makes

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Vicarious Surgical Robotic SystemMedical · Single-incision surgery robotStage 1 of 5 · Demo onlyVicarious Surgical was building a robot for belly surgery that goes in through one small cut, with a camera and two arms that move inside the patient. It was never cleared by the FDA, and the company shut down in July 2026.Nowhere: never sold, and the company was shut down and its assets put up for liquidation in July 2026.The full record

02Track record

Every dated event

21 July 2026Setback
Shareholders voted to shut Vicarious down and liquidate it at once, and the remaining staff lost their jobs. The company had raised about $300 million in total.
MassDevice, 21 July 2026
15 July 2026Setback
Vicarious's board asked shareholders to close and sell off the company. It said it could not raise more money or find a buyer.
MassDevice, 15 July 2026 (SEC filing)
3 March 2026Setback
The New York Stock Exchange began removing Vicarious's stock because the company's market value had fallen below the minimum.
MassDevice, 4 Mar 2026
Dec 2025Milestone
Vicarious finished a test operation on pigs, its first animal cases in several years, and set a final design for the end of 2026.
MassDevice, 12 Jan 2026Company-reported
Aug 2025Setback
Vicarious had aimed for first human trials by mid-2025, but in August 2025 it said it would hold off to keep developing the robot.
MassDevice, 12 Jan 2026Company-reported
15 April 2021Milestone
Vicarious agreed to go public through a $1.1 billion merger with a shell company (a SPAC). Backers included Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures.
MassDevice, 15 Apr 2021Company-reported
2019Milestone
The FDA gave Vicarious's robot breakthrough device designation, a program meant to speed up review. This is not a clearance.
MassDevice, 15 Apr 2021Company-reported

03Money

How it ended

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