Robotics start-up Gatsby has performed the first humanoid robot cleaning service for a US consumer. The company dispatched a humanoid unit to a residential apartment in San Francisco after a customer booked the service through the Gatsby mobile application.

Founded in January 2026, Gatsby operates a robot-agnostic platform, focusing on the distribution and software layer rather than hardware manufacturing. The service is currently available in San Francisco at a flat rate of $150 per cleaning, positioned as a competitive alternative to traditional professional services which typically range from $150 to $300.

Gatsby’s business model treats residential cleaning as an initial entry point into the broader consumer robotics market. The company maintains a wait-list for the service in the Bay Area and plans to expand nationally. The underlying software platform is designed to facilitate human-robot interaction across various domestic tasks.

“Housework is the largest unpaid job in human history, and it falls hardest on the people with the least time to give,” said Aron Frishberg, Founder and CEO of Gatsby. “We didn’t build this to clean apartments, we built it to give that time back to humanity.”