Agency Tool Company
Agency Tool Company provides fast, reliable over-the-air update infrastructure for robotics teams through its ATC Deploy platform. The tool uses smart delta updates to transmit only changed bytes, making deployments up to 20 times faster than a Docker pull, and supports resumable transfers for flaky networks. It works with existing robotics ecosystems including ROS 2, CUDA, and Nix without requiring a system rebuild.
- Robotics
- Developer Tools
- Software Only
Funding
Raised to date
$500KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Existing build and deployment systems were not built for robots. Cloud and IoT tooling assumes disposable, identical, always-connected machines, but fielded robots work over slow, costly, or flaky networks. Deployment challenges bottleneck developer iteration and field rollouts, making operations and customer teams wary of shipping updates.
Solution
ATC Deploy provides fast, reliable over-the-air update infrastructure for robotics teams. The platform sends only the bytes that changed between artifacts, making updates up to 20 times faster than a Docker pull, and resumes interrupted transfers rather than restarting from zero. A one-line installer gets teams started in minutes without managing agents or complex infrastructure. ATC Deploy works with the operating system, runtime, and tooling teams already use—including Docker images, ROS 2, CUDA, Nix, and arbitrary file trees—without requiring a system rebuild. It includes fast CLI tools for engineering and an ergonomic web UI for fleet operations, supporting everything from a single bench robot to thousands of machines worldwide.
Target Audience
Robotics teams ranging from researchers and engineers in the lab to technicians and fleet managers in the field who need reliable software delivery for their robots.
Features
- Smart delta updates and compression that transmit only changed bytes, cutting update time by 95% compared to Docker pull
- One-line installation (`curl | sh`) with no agents to manage or infrastructure project required
- Supports your own OS image, Docker/OCI images, and any file or directory tree
- Works with ROS 2, LeRobot, DimOS, CUDA, Zenoh, Nix, and other robotics ecosystems
- Resumable updates that survive network failures, including support for USB drive transfers for robots with no connectivity
- Atomic releases with user-defined hooks to restart software safely after updates
- Scales from one robot on a bench to thousands of machines in the field