# Neobotics Foundation

> Neobotics Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 33-4004770) founded in February 2025 to make autonomous vehicle education accessible worldwide. We design and ship the NeoRacer M1, an affordable autonomous racing platform for K-12 and college STEM programs.

## Key Information

- **Legal name:** Neobotics Foundation Inc.
- **Tax status:** 501(c)(3) public charity
- **EIN:** 33-4004770
- **Founded:** 2025-02-26
- **Headquarters:** United States
- **Website:** https://neobotics.org
- **Support:** support@neobotics.org

## Leadership

- **Koneshka Bandyopadhyay** — CEO & Founder
- **Jonathan Ran** — COO & Co-Founder
- **Bassel El Mabsout** — CSO & Co-Founder, Ph.D. (Boston University)
- **Aarjun Mathur** — CFO & Co-Founder
- **Ansh Mehta** — CTO

## Scientific Advisory Board

- **Sertac Karaman** — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director of LIDS
- **Renato Mancuso** — Boston University, Computer Science
- **Richard West** — Boston University & Drako Motors
- **Sibin Mohan** — George Washington University
- **Ken Goldberg** — UC Berkeley, AUTOLAB

## Affiliations

- NVIDIA Inception Program member
- Google Ad Grants recipient
- Boston University Innovation partner

## Funding & Awards

- **FUEL Grant — $18,900 (awarded April 8, 2026)** — Awarded by the University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) after a March 31, 2026 live pitch to CFE staff and external judges. Funds production costs for ten NeoRacer M1 units deployed to Boston University in June 2026 for the Release Candidate (RC) testing program, plus supporting travel to present at the Pi515 event in Des Moines, Iowa (April 2026) and to meet with the Philadelphia school district. Program: https://cfe.umich.edu/launch/fuel/

## Product — NeoRacer M1

NeoRacer M1 is an autonomous racing robotics kit designed for K-12 and college classrooms. Pre-orders are live, ships July 2026, starting at $2,500 USD. The platform teaches SLAM, control systems, computer vision, and reinforcement learning on real hardware. Open-source software stack on the NVIDIA Jetson, ROS2-ready.

## Programs

- **Pre-order the NeoRacer M1** — https://neobotics.org/kits/preorder
- **Sponsor-a-Kit** — put a NeoRacer in a school that cannot afford one — https://neobotics.org/sponsor-a-kit
- **Donate (tax-deductible)** — https://neobotics.org/donate
- **Open-source community projects** — https://neobotics.org/community-development

## Important Pages

- [Home](https://neobotics.org/)
- [Mission](https://neobotics.org/about/mission)
- [Team & Advisors](https://neobotics.org/about)
- [NeoRacer M1 Kit](https://neobotics.org/kits)
- [Pre-order](https://neobotics.org/kits/preorder)
- [3D Kit Visualizer](https://neobotics.org/kits/visualize)
- [Donate](https://neobotics.org/donate)
- [Sponsor a Kit](https://neobotics.org/sponsor-a-kit)
- [Community Development](https://neobotics.org/community-development)
- [Branding Assets](https://neobotics.org/about/branding)

## External Verification

- [GuideStar / Candid 501(c)(3) profile](https://www.guidestar.org/profile/33-4004770)
- [Innovate@BU partner profile](https://www.bu.edu/innovate/profile/neobotics-foundation-inc/)

## Optional

- GitHub: https://github.com/Neobotics-Foundation-Inc
- Press & media contact: support@neobotics.org