Anki Cosmo and Vector
Robotics company Anki was known for creating tiny desktop robots. First, there was Cosmo, and then came its big sibling, Vector. To be fair, they didn’t do much other than stroll around on your desktop looking cute. Vector could give you a fist bump and eventually gained Alexa integration, but there wasn’t much reason to buy one. Despite that, Anki had strong sales and funding—until it didn’t. Anki went kaput in early 2019. Like Jibo, there might be hope for Anki’s lil desk buddies. In 2020, Digital Dream Labs bought Anki’s assets and announced it plans to revive the bots. Whether that pans out remains to be seen.
