Sean Donovan listed his San Francisco home on Airbnb expecting guests who would follow the rules. What arrived instead rattled him. Large black cases. Cables taped across walls. A robot. Donovan filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court this week. He accuses The Bot Company, a well-funded startup founded by alumni of Tesla and Cruise, of renting his property under false pretenses to test domestic robots. The alleged result? Scratched appliances, bent racks, chipped tiles and missing items. He seeks $12,383.50 in damages and lost income. The case, first reported by The San Francisco Standard , highlights growing tensions as robotics firms push into real homes for training data. The Bot Company has raised hundreds of millions from top investors including Kleiner Perkins and Y Combinator. Its valuation hit $2 billion. Yet its methods appear to have angered multiple hosts. Donovan noticed trouble immediately. On April 12, 2026, his Ring camera captured people hauling in oversized equipment.…