Vicarious Surgical Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with a global digital engineering and software development services firm. The company did not disclose the name of its partner.

The collaboration is a central component of Vicarious Surgical’s broader operating model transformation, designed to improve execution, increase development predictability, and reduce operating expenses as reflected in its cash burn guidance, through a more efficient mix of internal and external engineering resources.

Under the agreement, the engineering partner will assume responsibility for a significant portion of software development for the Vicarious Surgical robotic system, including engineering support for control systems, visualization, and key workflow components. The partner’s global footprint and mature engineering processes are expected to increase development velocity and enhance milestone predictability while lowering structural cost, according to Vicarious Surgical bigwigs.

“This agreement strengthens our ability to execute while improving the efficiency of our operating model,” Vicarious Surgical CEO Stephen From stated. “Partnering with an organization that has scaled programs of similar complexity allows us to focus our internal teams on core innovation, system level integration, and the work that most directly advances us toward design freeze and clinical readiness.”

The partner has begun onboarding through a structured transition plan that maintains continuity across all active workstreams. The new hybrid structure, which combines internal leadership with external execution capacity, is expected to support more predictable progress toward key milestones.

Founded in 2014, Vicarious Surgical is a next-generation surgical robotics company, developing a disruptive technology that aims to substantially increase surgical efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. The company’s surgical approach uses proprietary human-like surgical robots to virtually transport surgeons inside the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery. Vicarious Surgical is led by experienced technologists, medical device professionals, and physicians, and has received backing by technology luminaries including Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla’s Khosla Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures, Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd., and Philip Liang’s E15 VC. The Company is headquartered in Waltham, Mass.