Zoetic Kiki

Was $799 (Kickstarter/early batch), $1,499 planned retail

Discontinued · unavailableNot programmableKickstarterCat-likeDefunct

UnavailableShipping: Unavailable.

Remote control: Not possible.

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Overview

A cat-eared tabletop pet robot from Zoetic AI (CEO and co-founder Mita Yun) that used on-device reinforcement learning so each unit's personality would develop from how its owner treated it. Shown at CES 2019 and crowdfunded on Kickstarter. The first 125 units sold out, but delivery slipped repeatedly (to Q3 2021 per the last product page), and the kiki.ai domain had been sold at auction by late 2024.

Type: Companion robot · Desk & social robots
Maker: Zoetic (USA)
Released: 2019
Price: Was $799 (Kickstarter/early batch), $1,499 planned retail
Status: Discontinued · unavailable
Best for: Ages 8+
Programming: No programmability

Price and shipping

Engadget (July 2019) reported a $1,499 retail target with $799 early pricing. The kiki.ai site later took $99 deposits for a $799 second batch

Shipping: Unavailable. Only a small first batch was ever sold. The maker's site is gone. Effectively impossible to buy.

Specifications

Category	Companion robots · Desk & social robots
Released	2019
Country	USA
Availability	Discontinued · unavailable
Sales	163 Kickstarter backers (2019, estimate) Kicktraq ↗
Programmability	No programmability
Built-in autonomy	Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person
LLM support	None · No built-in LLM and no SDK to connect one.
Best for	Ages 8+ (estimated)
Vision sensors	Camera
Actuators	Unknown
Audio	Microphone
Compute type	Proprietary / undisclosed
Remote control	Not programmable
Size	~25 cm (10 in) tall tabletop bust
Drive	Stationary, rotates head and torso (no wheels)
Compute	Onboard AI processing (chip not published)
Vision	Camera in the nose
Lidar	None
Sensors	16 touch sensors, 4 beamforming mics, IPS display eyes
Runtime	Not published
Speed	N/A
SDK	None

Common questions

How much does Kiki cost?

It sold for $799 (Kickstarter/early batch), $1,499 planned retail. Engadget (July 2019) reported a $1,499 retail target with $799 early pricing. The kiki.ai site later took $99 deposits for a $799 second batch.