Aleph is developing autonomous surgical robots, combining embodied AI models with purpose-built hardware. Its March 2026 research preview shows a lab demonstration of vascular anastomosis: joining blood vessels through precise, sustained manipulation. The Bay Area team is building toward autonomous surgery.
On March 9, Aleph shared a laboratory demonstration and described its approach to embodied foundation models. The team combines broad pretraining with hierarchical planning that breaks procedures into smaller tasks. Its Mark 0 hardware is designed around autonomous control, while a layered system coordinates reasoning, sensing and movement. Aleph describes this as ongoing research toward use beyond the lab.
Dylan McGuireCo-FounderCo-founded Aleph with his brother Ryan. Previously worked at Palantir and is featured among the Discipulus Cohort founders.Discipulus · founder profile ↗The Founding Hardware Engineer spans mechanical design, electronics and control systems. Medical device experience is not required for this role.
The Founding AI Engineer owns model training and the software enabling autonomous surgery. The role welcomes candidates without prior robotics experience.
The part-time Founding Surgeon defines surgical training curricula and benchmarks. This role connects clinical expertise with robot learning.
The part-time Surgical Associate works with surgeons to collect and curate data from robotic-assisted procedures on synthetic, ex-vivo and cadaver systems.
Both surgical roles are part-time, with work at Aleph’s Bay Area lab or the applicant’s institution.
