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Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI have announced an expected gross capital raise of approximately $465 million in connection with their business combination, set to close on November 4, 2026, pending shareholder approval. This merger will position Agility as the only publicly listed pur...
At RoboBusiness 2026, Kenrick Tjandra from Raise Robotics will present on leadership strategies for scaling field robotics. He emphasizes that the gap between current capabilities and customer needs is often a leadership issue rather than a hardware limitation. Raise Robotics, based in San Francisc...
Raise Robotics has announced a six-month partnership with Genie, the aerial-lift brand of Terex, to enhance its Autonomous Mobile Fabricator (AMF) robot. This collaboration successfully mounted the AMF onto a Genie boom lift, allowing the robot to operate at a height of 65 feet. The integrated syste...
Foundry Robotics has successfully raised $100 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Marlinspike Partners. This funding will enable Foundry to expand its Emeryville facility, enhance the deployment of AI models in manufacturing, and grow its robotics research and engineering team...
Bleu Robotics, based in France, has successfully raised €5 million in pre-seed funding aimed at developing AI software that enables humanoid robots to learn new factory tasks with fewer demonstrations. This innovative approach is designed to significantly reduce the time required for robots to be op...
Bleu Robotics, a startup based in Paris, France, has successfully raised €5 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital. The funding will be utilized to expand its team and accelerate the scaling of its software solution aimed at reducing the humanoid robot dep...
Bleu Robotics, based in Paris, has successfully raised €5 million in pre-seed funding aimed at developing software that allows industrial humanoids to learn new tasks in under an hour. The funding round was led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with additional contributions from Kvanted, WEPA...
Rendezvous Robotics has successfully raised $20 million in seed funding aimed at developing modular spacecraft capable of self-assembly and reconfiguration in orbit. The funding round was led by MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures, with additional participation from several investors including t...
Bedrock Robotics has successfully raised $600 million in Series C funding, achieving a post-money valuation of $4.1 billion. This funding will facilitate the expansion of autonomous construction equipment across various job sites in the U.S., as the company aims to double its customer base and enhan...
Bedrock Robotics has successfully raised $600 million in Series C funding, achieving a post-money valuation of $4.1 billion. This financing round, co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital, includes participation from new investors such as US Innovative Technology Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners,...
Eka Robotics announced the successful completion of a $150 million Series A funding round aimed at scaling its innovative technology and customer deployments. Founded in 2024 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company is developing a vision-force-action (VFA) model that enables robots to gen...
Fort Robotics has secured approximately $20 million in additional funding commitments from existing investors as it prepares for a public listing through a merger with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp. Tiger Global is leading this financing round, contributing about $10 million, while also committ...
Reliable Robotics has successfully raised an additional $115 million, increasing its Series D funding to $275 million and elevating its valuation to over $1 billion. The company is focused on developing the Reliable Autonomy System for automated flight operations and is pursuing FAA certification fo...
Shanghai-based cleaning robotics startup Jingji Intelligent has successfully raised tens of millions of RMB in seed funding from Haowen Tianshu Robotics and Shanghai Lanyun Industrial Development. This financing was disclosed on October 20, shortly after the company's establishment in September. Th...
Eka Robotics has successfully raised $150 million in Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz and F-Prime, achieving a valuation of $1.45 billion. The funding aims to advance the company's vision-force-action model, which integrates visual and force data to enable robots to handle unfamiliar tas...
Eka Robotics has successfully raised $150 million in Series A funding, aimed at enhancing robots' ability to handle objects with speed and adaptability. This funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz and F-Prime, will bolster the company's AI model and facilitate customer deployments, contributing t...
Kodama Systems has announced the successful raising of $7 million to enhance its robotics technology in the forestry sector. The funding will be allocated towards commercial deployments, strengthening OEM partnerships, and advancing supervised autonomy capabilities for challenging off-road environme...
Yundie Technology has successfully completed a Series B+ funding round, raising hundreds of millions of yuan. This funding was backed by notable investors including StellarS Capital, Asia United Infrastructure, and Changzhe Investment. The capital will primarily focus on advancing embodied intellige...
DareRobot, a company specializing in embodied intelligence robotics for heavy industry, has successfully completed a Pre-A+ funding round worth hundreds of millions of yuan. Investors in this round include Fosun RZ Capital, Qingshi Asset Management, Zhengxi Capital, Xigao Investment, Bozhon Precisio...
Beijing-based LivSyn Robotics has successfully raised a Series A funding round of at least RMB 100 million, as announced on October 8. This funding round included financial investors, the publicly listed Suwen Electric Energy, and an undisclosed strategic investor specializing in embodied AI. The s...
SoftBank Group is pursuing up to $100 billion from Gulf investors to enhance its artificial intelligence investments, as reported by the Financial Times. Founder Masayoshi Son has initiated discussions with potential backers, particularly from the United Arab Emirates, to establish a fund aimed at a...
Extend Robotics has successfully raised £2.6 million in pre-Series A funding to advance its Result-as-a-Service model, enabling manufacturers to pay for robotic work completed rather than purchasing robots outright. This funding, led by Skyworks Venture Capital Fund with participation from Neo Vent...
Tangent Robotics has successfully raised $4.5 million in pre-seed funding aimed at developing dexterous robot hands tailored for manufacturing applications. The funding round was co-led by Fly Ventures and Toyota Ventures, with additional participation from Logos Fund and Sparked Ventures, as announ...
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...
The robotics sector is experiencing significant financial reallocation, with companies exploring new avenues for investment. Notably, a Tsinghua University PhD graduate has left a high-paying position at Tencent to develop a robotic brain, aiming to commercialize skills as products. Additionally, Fa...
Qianjue Robotics, a company specializing in embodied haptics, has successfully completed two rounds of strategic financing totaling hundreds of millions. Investors include BlueRun Ventures, CICC Capital, and Jingya Capital. Just two months prior, the company announced a financing round of over 100 m...
Kidz AI has secured $1.9 million from its previously announced $500 million convertible-note financing facility to boost the manufacturing and deployment of its KIDZBot educational robotics platform. The funding will support the expansion of KIDZBot, which is designed to teach robotics, coding, and...
D-Robotics, a Chinese robotics technology firm, has successfully raised $400 million in a Series C funding round. This financing will bolster the company's Sunrise chip portfolio and its comprehensive software platform aimed at enhancing robot development. The significance of this funding lies in D...
On September 17, Digua Robotics announced the completion of $400 million in Series C funding, led by Mirae Asset, with participation from various institutional investors including Meituan and government-backed platforms. This funding round highlights the growing interest in robotics and AI technolog...
D-Robotics has successfully raised $400 million in Series C funding aimed at expanding its Sunrise robotics chips and software platform for AI-powered systems, including humanoid robots. This funding round included contributions from an unnamed global internet company, institutional investors, and e...
On September 17, Diguwa Robotics announced the completion of $400 million in Series C funding, led by Future Asset and supported by various investment platforms and firms. This funding round follows previous rounds, bringing the company's total disclosed funding to over $770 million, setting a recor...
On September 17, 2026, Diguo Robotics announced the completion of $400 million in Series C funding. This round was led by Future Asset, with participation from major investors including Meituan, Hefei Guotou, and several prominent venture capital firms. The funding aims to strengthen the product lay...
RobotPlusPlus has successfully raised hundreds of millions of yuan in Series C funding to broaden its industrial robotics business on a global scale. The funding round was led by Qianggang Capital Fund, with contributions from GIG Capital Group, Sealand Innovation, and Juntong Capital, while existin...
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...
Vecna Robotics has successfully raised $31 million to further develop its autonomous mobile robot business and enhance warehouse automation capabilities for handling cases and pallets. This funding round was led by Unless, with contributions from Drive Capital, Tiger Global, Highland Capital Partner...
On September 10, Maven Robotics announced the completion of a $100 million Series A funding round. Founded in 2024, the company, co-founded by Hamza Derbas, started with minimal resources but has since deployed eight robots in a Fortune 250 consumer goods company's warehouse, operating 16 hours a da...
Maven Robotics has successfully raised $100 million in Series A funding to enhance its industrial robotics platform aimed at logistics and manufacturing. The funding round included participation from RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures, and XTX Ventures. Maven is focused on developing a general-...
Maven Robotics, an intelligent industrial robotics company, has announced the completion of a $100 million Series A funding round. This funding was secured from notable investors including RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures, and XTX Ventures. The company aims to revolutionize material handling...
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...
Unitree's stock has experienced significant volatility since its IPO, with a recent drop to 615 yuan, resulting in a market capitalization of 248.8 billion yuan (US$37 billion). This decline follows a peak of 1,100 yuan shortly after its debut on August 19, leading to a staggering loss of 200 billio...
XPeng has successfully raised over $900 million for its robotics division, achieving a post-money valuation exceeding $6.3 billion. This funding marks the largest single-round private capital raise in China's embodied AI sector, with contributions from IDG Capital, Gaorong Ventures, Tencent, and Ali...
XPeng announced that its robotics division has successfully entered into share purchase agreements with various investors, raising over $900 million. This funding round, led by IDG Capital, includes participation from Gaorong Ventures and strategic investments from Tencent and Alibaba, achieving a p...
Xpeng's robotics arm has successfully raised over $900 million in a Series A funding round. The company announced that these funds will be allocated towards research and development in hardware and software, physical AI training, smart manufacturing infrastructure, and efforts for global expansion....
Xpeng's subsidiary, Dogotix, has successfully raised $900 million in its latest financing round, valuing the company at $6.3 billion. This funding, which includes $600 million from investors like Alibaba and Tencent, marks the largest private-equity deal for a Chinese robotics firm. The capital infu...
Chinese automaker XPENG has raised over $900 million for its humanoid robotics division, achieving a valuation exceeding $6.3 billion. This funding round, led by IDG Capital and Gaorong Ventures with support from Alibaba and Tencent, is the largest in China's embodied AI sector. The capital will be...
XPENG's robotics division has successfully raised over $900 million, achieving a post-money valuation exceeding $6.3 billion. This funding marks a significant milestone as the largest single-round private financing in China's embodied AI sector. The investment round was spearheaded by prominent glo...
Gravis Robotics has successfully raised $200 million in a Series A funding round led by SoftBank to enhance its autonomous heavy machinery technology for construction sites worldwide. This investment comes at a crucial time as the construction industry faces increasing demands for energy networks,...
Gravis Robotics has announced a significant investment of $200 million from SoftBank in its Series A funding round, marking a historic milestone in construction robotics. This funding aims to enhance the company's autonomous construction capabilities, addressing the industry's slow automation pace a...
Gravis Robotics has successfully raised $200 million to enhance construction autonomy, responding to the urgent demand for infrastructure expansion. This funding comes at a time when global infrastructure is experiencing significant growth, driven by the need for energy networks and climate-resilien...
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