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Swiss robotics startup Enact Intelligence secures $30M pre-seed funding from Yann LeCun, Mistral AI, and Hugging Face to develop versatile AI models and actu...
OpenAI is hiring robotics engineers for up to $325K as it expands into physical AI and general-purpose robotics.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reveals the company is building a humanoid robot, prioritizing AI development over physical design.
Anthropic's updated research shows AI-powered robots could disrupt 30% of gardening tasks, challenging earlier assumptions.
DeepSeek plans to lead a $400M investment in Winverse AI, signaling a push into physical AI and robotics.
FieldAI Inc. is reportedly raising $700 million in funding at a $10 billion valuation, five times its worth last August.
Mistral AI raises $3.6B, releases Shieldstral, a 3B safety classifier for one-GPU deployment, as part of a record funding round.
Europe saw €406.6M in AI funding across 65+ deals, with Portugal, Netherlands, and UK leading the pack.
Metis Reasoning, founded by Thore Graepel, seeks $100M+ to build AI agents for robotics, science, and engineering.
Physical AI startups with 20+ patents raise 6.4x more VC funding, with valuations 30% higher on average, per new data.
Vantora, formerly UP.Labs, raises $100M to focus on creating AI-powered startups for industrial automation and robotics
Generalist AI raises $200M Series B led by NVIDIA, pushing robotics AI to $753M total funding
D-Robotics raises $400M in robotics infrastructure, leading a $534M funding week for Asia's AI and robotics startups.
Mecka AI, a startup focused on human motion data for robotics, is nearing a $500M valuation in a Sequoia-led round.
KRAFTON plans to invest $250M in Indian AI, robotics, and deeptech startups over the next 3-4 years, expanding beyond its gaming focus.
Anthropic launches a research preview of its Model Hardware Standard (MHS) to streamline AI control of physical devices, with initial partners in science and...
Generalist, a robotics startup, raises $200M at a $3B valuation to advance its AI foundation model for robots.
Acorn Robot secures angel funding to develop Natus AGE-0, a tactile-focused AI model for robots in flexible manufacturing.
Dexmal, a Chinese robotics startup, seeks a $3B valuation in its latest funding round with Alibaba's support.
FieldAI secures $405M as robotics startups attract $16.3B in 2026, with 25 promising companies identified by top investors.
Infiforce secures $150M in Series A and A+ rounds to advance its AtomBrain system and deploy robots in 30+ Chinese cities.
Generalist AI seeks a $3B valuation in its latest funding round, highlighting the growing investor interest in robotics and physical AI.
Genesis AI seeks $500M at $3B valuation, 28x its $105M seed, as robotics startups draw major investor interest.
Anthropic's $965B valuation and other AI funding rounds of $100M+ tracked weekly from first-party sources.
Anthropic reportedly held acquisition talks with Physical Intelligence, a robotics startup valued at $11B, according to The Information.
Mistral AI releases robot-navigation model Robostral Navigate as valuation nears $23B, betting on open weights and sovereign AI.
Robostral Navigate, an 8B model, achieves 76.6% on R2R-CE using only a single RGB camera, outperforming multi-sensor approaches.
Mistral AI unveils Robostral Navigate, a robotics model that uses a single camera for navigation, expanding into industrial automation.