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Latest robotics startup news and analysis — 20 articles tagged robotics startup on The Robotics Media.
- Modal Motors Bids To Cut China Out Of Drone And Actuator Motors — — US electric-motor startup Modal Motors unveiled its rare-earth-free Hybrid Enigma Drive at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on September 23 as a supply-chain a...
- Nexterity Debuts Bolted-Flange Robot To Automate Dangerous Pipefitting — — Ex-ExxonMobil engineer Lindsey Elliott unveiled Nexterity's battery-powered bolted-flange robot at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to take on the physically b...
- Feather Raises $7.6M to Build the 'Android of Robotics' — — Silicon Valley humanoid startup Feather closed a $7.6 million pre-seed round led by Google's Gradient Ventures to scale its open, developer-facing bim...
- Lyte Raises $165M Series C At $1.6B Valuation To Give Robots Trustworthy Vision — — Physical AI startup Lyte closes a Maverick Silicon-led $165M Series C at a $1.6B valuation to scale its LyteVision perception platform for robots acro...
- XDOF In Talks For $1.2B Series B Led By 8VC Just Months After Stealth Exit — — XDOF is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at roughly a $1.2 billion valuation led by 8VC, less than three months after the robot teleoperation d...
- Locus Robotics Pulls In $41.6M Series G From Tiger Global To Push Array System Overseas — — Warehouse AMR pioneer Locus Robotics closed a $41.6 million Series G from Tiger Global, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, G2 Venture Partners and Scale...
- Lyte Bags $165M Series C At $1.6B Valuation To Give Robots Trustworthy Eyes — — Lyte, the physical-AI perception startup founded by former Apple Face ID and PrimeSense engineers, raised $165 million led by Maverick Silicon at a $1...
- Antioch Files $31.4M Raise To Scale Its 'Cursor For Physical AI' — — New York robotics simulation startup Antioch disclosed a $31.4M raise via SEC Form D on August 4, taking total equity funding to about $44M as it push...
- SoftBank Weighs Deal For Swiss Excavator-Autonomy Startup Gravis — — SoftBank is weighing a deal for Swiss ETH Zurich spinout Gravis Robotics, whose retrofit Rack and Slate kits give standard excavators autonomous earth...
- Monumental Bags $32M Series B To Scale Autonomous Bricklaying Robots — — Amsterdam-based Monumental raised a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures to scale its autonomous bricklaying robots and the Atrium AI platform that ru...
- Tesollo Kicks Off IPO Prep As Korean Humanoid Hand Maker Closes Series B — — Incheon-based robotic hand specialist Tesollo has closed a Series B funding round and started preparations for a 2027 IPO on the Korean stock exchange...
- HIVE Raises $15M to Turn Any Industrial Machine Into a Physical AI Robot — — London-based HIVE raised a $15 million pre-Series A led by SuperSeed to scale its silicon brain, a foundational AI model and sensor kit that retrofits...
- Acumino Raises $11.7M Seed for Industrial Robot Foundation Models — — Greek Physical AI startup Acumino has raised an $11.7 million seed round led by Radar Ventures to scale foundation models that give industrial robots...
- Reservoir Acquires Contain to Scale Rugged AI Agtech Startups — — Investment firm Reservoir made its first acquisition, buying agriculture finance platform Contain and naming founder Nicola Kerslake a general partner...
- Aseon Labs Raises $10M to Build Robotic Pit Stops for Robotaxis — — Aseon Labs raised a $10M seed round led by Crane Venture Partners to deploy parking-space-sized robotic pods that clean, inspect and charge autonomous...
- DOE Greenlights Xcimer Energy's Athena Laser Fusion Plant Design — — The U.S. Department of Energy has accepted Xcimer Energy's preconceptual design and roadmap for the Athena commercial laser inertial confinement fusio...
- Pasqal Inaugurates Italy's First Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer At CINECA — — France's Pasqal has inaugurated SOL, a 140-qubit neutral-atom quantum computer at Italy's CINECA, tightly coupled to the Leonardo pre-exascale superco...
- Anvil Robotics Raises $5.5M Seed for 'Legos for Robots' Custom Platform — — San Francisco startup Anvil Robotics closes a $5.5 million seed round led by Matter Venture Partners and Humba Ventures to scale a modular hardware-so...
- Ai2 Releases MolmoAct 2 Open Robotics Foundation Model — — The Allen Institute for AI released MolmoAct 2, a fully open robotics foundation model that runs 37x faster than its predecessor and outperforms Physi...
- Rotaku Launches Domo Humanoid Robot Platform From $2,999 — — Rotaku has opened reservations for Domo, a compact humanoid robot development platform starting at $2,999 and aimed at developers, educators and resea...