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Perceptual Robotics, revolutionising Predictive Maintenance with AI-Powered Technology, led by Kostas Karachalios, Dimitris Nikolaidis, and Kevin Driscoll-Lind, has raised over £4 million in funding so far this year. The funding combines investment from new and existing shareholders (Investing for Purpose, Loggerhead Ventures and One Planet Capital) alongside support co-funded by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The new funding will support Perceptual R

Gritt, AI that does the hardest work in the hardest places, led by Puneet Puri and Vishal Dugar, has launched with $32.4M in pre-seed and Series A funding. The $26M Series A was led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures and Active Impact Investments, and support from previous investors First Round Capital, Climactic, Congruent Ventures, and VSC Ventures. Gritt’s robotic arms and AI systems integrate with existing jobsite equipment, including skid

Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots led by Artem Sokolov and the team, announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the total amount raised to date to $270 million. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab with participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital, and Aglaé Ventures. The investment marks a significant milestone for the European techn

Walden Robotics, a full-stack Physical AI company building and deploying general-purpose robots that put human ingenuity to work at industrial scale, led by Russ Tedrake and the team, has emerged out of stealth with $300 million in funding. The round, which values the company at $1.1 billion, is co-led by Toyota (Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota Invention Partners, and Toyota Ventures) and Deviation Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, Boeing, AE Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Prol

Monumental, making construction autonomous, led by Salar al Khafaji and Sebastiaan Visser, has announced a $32 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors Hummingbird, Plural, and others. The round will grow Monumental’s world-class team of hardware and software engineers, scale the number of robots it can deploy across Europe, launch the company in the US this year, and expand the range of construction tasks the robots can handle. The

Dexory , uncovering intelligence through technology that empowers businesses to optimise, predict, and grow, led by Andrei Danescu, Adrian Negoita, Oana Jinga, and the team, has secured £8.5 million from British Business Bank as a part of its recent Series C extension, which was led by Eurazeo with participation from LTS Growth and Endeavor Catalyst , alongside existing investors Atomico , DTCP , Latitude Ventures , Lakestar , Elaia , Wave-X , and others. Dexory operates

Rhoda AI , redefining robotic intelligence, led by Jagdeep Singh, Eric Chan, Gordon Wetzstein, Andrew Wooten, Changan Chen, Steve Tirado, Alex Bergman, and Vincent Clerc, has announced its public launch after 18 months in stealth, unveiling FutureVision, a new approach to robotic intelligence based on video-predictive control and designed to operate beyond controlled laboratory demonstrations and into real-world environments. The company also announced it has raised $450 mil

Sonair , a robotics company for humans, led by Knut Sandven, Shermine Gotfredsen, Gussi Bull, Dag Wang, PhD, Tor Odland, and others, has...

HappyRobot , an AI-native operating system powering the autonomous economy, led by Pablo Palafox, Luis Paarup, and Javier Palafox, has...

Field AI , developer of industrial robots, led by Ali Agha , Shayegan Omidshafiei , David D. Fan , Eric Krotkov , Duncan M. , and...

Asylon Robotics , a Pennsylvania-based Robotic Security Company, led by Damon Henry(Chief Executive Officer and Founder), Adam...

Led by Julius Lutzer (CPO), Markus Weber (CTO), Gregor Kolls (CEO), Seyed Behbahani (Chief of Staff), and Helmut Schmid (CCO), robotics...