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Zhejiang University's incubated company, Hangzhou Yudao Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., has successfully completed a seed funding round of tens of millions of yuan. Investors include Gobi Partners and Zheda Youchuang. This achievement marks a significant milestone for the university's...
Bloom has successfully raised $3.6 million in seed funding, led by SNAK Venture Partners, to enhance its AI-driven marketplace for hardware supply chains. The Detroit-based startup aims to streamline the procurement process for over 140 hardware companies, facilitating more than 2,000 successful mat...
Tangent Robotics has announced the successful completion of a pre-seed funding round, raising $4.5 million to advance robotic fine motor skills. The funding will be utilized to develop advanced robotic manipulation capabilities that integrate hand hardware, touch sensing, and motor learning. This i...
Tangent Robotics has successfully raised $4.5 million in pre-seed funding, led by Fly Ventures and Toyota Ventures, to enhance robotic manipulation systems aimed at high-precision industrial tasks. The funding will support the development of robot hands, light-based touch sensing, and motor learning...
Destro AI has successfully raised $8 million in seed funding, co-led by Base10 Partners and Bonfire Ventures, with additional participation from CoFound Partners. This funding will be utilized to expand enterprise deployments and enhance its engineering and research teams. The company’s robot-agnost...
Feather Robotics has successfully raised $7.6 million in pre-seed funding to enhance its modular humanoid platform aimed at developers creating physical AI applications. Gradient led this funding round, which also saw participation from Builder Capital, Geometry, Seed Innovations, and Virgo VC. The...
Tokyo-based O-ID has successfully raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to advance its modular humanoid robot towards production, focusing initially on the automotive manufacturing and logistics sectors in Japan. The funding, with participation from Tawani Ventures, Hustle Fund, and Techstars, wi...
Robocurve has successfully raised $10 million in seed funding aimed at expanding its independent testing of frontier AI models in controlling real robots. The funding round was led by Initialized Capital, with participation from several investors including Notable Capital and Y Combinator. Robocurve...
PHYMI, an embodied AI startup established by Liu Nianqiu, has successfully raised nearly $100 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by IDG Capital, with contributions from several investors including Yunqi Capital, DiDi, Fosun RZ Capital, Glory Ventures, and Hesai Technology. This fund...
Bulwark Dynamics has successfully raised $6.8 million in seed funding to advance the development of its Caravel autonomous landing craft. The company has entered into an agreement with Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard to facilitate the serial production of these vessels, which are designed to autonomously...
Jaipur Robotics has successfully raised €4.3 million in seed funding, led by EquityPitcher Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds, to enhance its AI and automation platform tailored for waste-to-energy plants. The company’s advanced computer-vision system processes over 5 million tons of waste each yea...
Visko Platform Inc. has launched Orbis, a groundbreaking foundation model that enables real-time video streaming with persistent memory and interactivity. This innovative technology allows users to modify prompts during video generation, resulting in continuous and dynamic content creation. The comp...
On July 27, AI robotics company Enigma emerged from stealth mode, announcing the completion of a $71 million seed funding round. This funding, led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, marks one of the largest seed rounds in the physical AI sector. Enigma's co-founders, Jonathan Jacobi and Gal Niv,...
DeepSeek has announced its intention to lead a seed funding round for the robotics startup Winverse AI. This move highlights DeepSeek's commitment to investing in innovative robotics solutions that have the potential to reshape the industry landscape. The significance of this investment lies in Dee...
Myca has successfully raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding, led by Kriscore Capital and Eximius Ventures, with additional support from Indigram Labs Foundation and angel investors. The funds will be utilized to expand Myca's product offerings, grow its engineering team, and extend its reach acros...
Augmeta has successfully secured $3 million in seed funding, led by Depth Ventures, to develop AI Operators that enhance key performance indicators (KPIs) across businesses. These Operators work continuously to validate data, investigate changes, and identify opportunities, ensuring that KPIs are ac...
Satlyt, a startup based in Sunnyvale, California, and Nairobi, has announced an $8 million seed funding round led by Non Sibi Ventures. The funding will support the development of software that allows AI models to operate on satellites, facilitating the sharing of substantial computing workloads in...
Recently, PHYMI, an embodied intelligence startup, announced the completion of nearly $100 million in seed funding, led by IDG Capital. Founded in March 2026 by CEO Liu Nianqiu, who has extensive experience in autonomous driving and robotics, the company aims to create Physical Agents capable of und...
Avatar Robotics has successfully raised $6.5 million in a seed financing round led by AlleyCorp, following a pre-seed investment from defy.vc. The funding will be utilized to deploy semi-humanoid robots in logistics, manufacturing, and warehousing sectors, addressing ongoing labor shortages in the U...
Avatar Robotics has successfully raised $6.5 million in seed funding to expand its capabilities in industrial automation. Since its launch in December 2025, the company has utilized its robots to pack, sort, and ship over 900,000 products, including those for a major global beauty retailer, demonstr...
Destro, a startup focused on integrating AI with robotics, emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed funding. Unlike traditional robotics firms, Destro has developed an AI intelligence layer that enhances logistics operations by coordinating both robots and human workers. This innovative approach...
Latent Verse, an AI technology company focused on embodied intelligence foundational models, has successfully completed a seed funding round amounting to several hundred million yuan. Investors include Hillhouse Capital, Qingliu Capital, Inno Angel Fund, Zhiyuan, and Starry Era. The funding process...
Quantum Dynamics, a Physical AI platform company, has successfully completed a seed funding round exceeding 100 million yuan, backed by Yunqi Capital and SenseTime. The funding will primarily focus on the development of core Physical AI technologies, talent acquisition, and global market expansion,...
On July 15, Walden Robotics, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced the completion of a $300 million seed funding round, achieving a post-money valuation of $1.1 billion. The funding was co-led by Toyota, including Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota AI Ventures, and Deviation Capital, with parti...
ROBOTS has announced the completion of a seed funding round through third-party allocation from Incubate Fund and NTT Docomo. The startup focuses on developing an integrated control platform for robots that become smarter through on-site operations. The funding will accelerate research and developme...
Zhuizhi Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. has successfully completed a seed funding round, raising several million yuan from investors including L2F Light Source Entrepreneur Fund, Shangrong Capital, and Yicun Capital. The funding will primarily support core product development, team building, and ma...
In a significant development within the field of artificial intelligence, Li Yiming, an assistant professor at Tsinghua University and former researcher at NVIDIA, has introduced a comprehensive framework for Physical AI. This initiative aims to enhance the capabilities of robots across various appl...
Archon Robotics, a Shanghai-based company specializing in whole-body humanoid models, has successfully secured hundreds of millions in seed funding from prominent investors, including ZhenFund, Gao Rong Capital, IDG Capital, and others. The financing round, which took place recently, aims to enhance...
Tokyo-based startup MW has successfully secured 3 billion yen, roughly $21 million, in seed funding to advance its innovative housing solutions. This funding round attracted notable investments from Alpha, the National Guarantee Innovation Fund, and other Japanese entities. The company aims to devel...
Willow, an innovative agentic access platform, has officially launched after securing $7 million in seed funding aimed at helping enterprises integrate AI agents into their operations while fostering innovation. The funding round was spearheaded by Hetz Ventures, with early support from Wix Co-Found...
BCI-Sonics, a startup focused on artificial intelligence and ultrasound brain-machine interfaces, has successfully secured around $14 million in seed funding to enhance its groundbreaking technology. The funding will support the development of a non-invasive technique that utilizes low-intensity foc...
Oak Fruit Robotics, a startup founded by a team of nine PhD graduates from Tsinghua University, has successfully secured nearly $15 million in seed funding. This funding will support the company's innovative approach to robotics, which they describe as 'instinct-driven' technology that seeks to chal...
JuShen Technology has secured a substantial seed funding round, spearheaded by Sequoia China along with other prominent investors. This funding, finalized recently, will be directed towards advancing their proprietary CereBase3.0 universal robot brain technology. The initiative aims to establish a r...
A Singapore-based humanoid startup is preparing for its Series A funding round, bolstered by support from prominent early investors. The company has established a strong pipeline of qualified leads and is currently executing live deployments across Asia and Europe. This strategic move aims to secure...
SkyfireAI, a U.S. startup specializing in drone autonomy, has successfully secured $11 million in seed funding to advance its innovative software solutions. The funding round, primarily led by Mucker Capital, also saw contributions from notable investors including AI Fund, SaaS Ventures, and Halogen...
UK-based construction robotics startup All3 has successfully secured $25 million in seed funding, with RTP Global leading the investment round. The company is focused on revolutionizing the construction industry by developing an integrated platform that utilizes autonomous robots to assemble buildin...
All3, a London-based startup focused on revolutionizing the construction industry, has successfully raised $25 million in seed funding to enhance productivity through robotics and artificial intelligence. The funding round, led by RTP Global and supported by SuperSeed, Begin Capital, s16vc, and VNV...
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