Kyle Vogt
Co-founder and CEO of The Bot Company
Kyle Vogt is the co-founder and CEO of The Bot Company, a San Francisco startup building robots that do household chores, which he started in April 2024. Earlier he co-founded Justin.tv, which became Twitch, and Socialcam, then founded the self-driving car company Cruise in 2013. GM bought Cruise in 2016; Vogt was its CEO when he resigned in November 2023.
- Robotics
- Self-driving cars
The Bot Company
Cruise
Twitch
- Now
- Co-founder and CEO, The Bot Company3
- Based in
- San Francisco, California3
- Studied
- Computer science and electrical engineering, MIT2
- Y Combinator
- Justin.tv (Winter 2007), Cruise (Winter 2014)2
Experience
- Co-founder and CEOApr 2024 – now
Building robots for the home that take on everyday chores. The company raised $150 million in March 2025 in a round led by Greenoaks that valued it at $2 billion, before releasing a product.6
- CEO and CTOFeb 2022 – Nov 2023
Formally accepted the CEO job again in February 2022, after Dan Ammann's departure, and kept the CTO title.7
- Interim CEO4Dec 2021 – Feb 2022
- President and CTOUntil Dec 2021
Ran the company for years after General Motors bought it in 2016.7
- FounderOct 2013 – Nov 2023
His own summary: 250,000 driverless rides and 5 million driverless miles through 2023, and a $30 billion valuation by 2021.3
- Co-founder2011 – 2012
Socialcam was later bought by Autodesk.2
- Co-founderNov 2006 – Oct 2013
Designed and built the live video platform and infrastructure behind Justin.tv and Twitch.3
Education
Activities: DARPA Grand Challenge, Microsoft iCampus Robotic Tour Guide3
Milestones
- Starts at Justin.tv, the live video company that later became Twitch, as a co-founder3
- Autodesk buys Socialcam, spun out of Justin.tv in 2011, for $60 million8
- Founds Cruise, a self-driving car company3
- Cruise goes through Y Combinator's Winter 2014 batch1
- Amazon buys Twitch for $970 million5
- General Motors announces it will buy Cruise, in a deal reported at more than $1 billion9
- Becomes interim CEO of Cruise4
- Formally takes the Cruise CEO job7
- After a Cruise robotaxi dragged a pedestrian on October 2, California's DMV suspends Cruise's driverless permits on October 24; Cruise pauses driverless operations nationwide days later4
- Resigns as CEO of Cruise4
- Co-founds The Bot Company3
- The Bot Company raises $150 million at a $2 billion valuation, led by Greenoaks6