Startup Deploys Humanoid Robot to Clean San Francisco Apartment in U.S. First

Executive Briefing

• Gatsby completed what it calls the first U.S. consumer home cleaning by a humanoid robot in a San Francisco apartment.
• Charges a flat $150 per clean with no tips or hidden fees, competitive with typical SF cleaning rates of $150–$300.
• Operates robot-agnostically via an iOS app, allowing hardware swaps as better robots emerge without changing the service model.
• Reveals that remote human teleoperation assists with harder tasks, complicating claims of fully autonomous cleaning.
• Raises privacy concerns about what remote operators can see, and how video, audio, or mapping data is stored or used.