San Francisco-based startup Gatsby said it completed what it described as the first humanoid robot cleaning service delivered to a U.S. consumer, after dispatching a humanoid robot to clean a customer’s apartment in San Francisco. According to the company, the customer was selected at random from Gatsby’s San Francisco waitlist and booked the service through the company’s iOS application. The robot performed a residential cleaning at the apartment as part of Gatsby’s consumer-facing service rollout.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Aron Frishberg said the company developed the platform to reduce time spent on household labor. “We didn’t build this to clean apartments, we built it to give that time back to humanity,” Frishberg said. Gatsby said its service is currently available in San Francisco at a flat rate of $150 per cleaning regardless of apartment size. The company said professional cleaning services in the market typically range from $150 to $300. Customers can book through the Gatsby iOS application, and the company said it has accumulated waitlists in the Bay Area and other parts of the United States.
Founded in January 2026, Gatsby said it is building a consumer platform for humanoid robotics rather than developing humanoid hardware itself. The company described its approach as robot-agnostic and said residential cleaning represents its initial market entry, with plans to expand into broader consumer robotics applications. Gatsby is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded by Frishberg after leaving the University of Chicago.
