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$4.2M
Ottonomy.IO raises a $4.2M Seed round
, the company has started partnerships with multiple airports across the US and Europe. The award-winning robotics company has successfully completed pilots at the Newlab 5G Studio in New York using Verizon's 5G networks, making a huge leap in capability to deploy large fleets and increasing its footprint across North America, Europe and the Middle East.
RoboticsEnrission India Capital$1M+
speedrun SR007 · superfoundry.dev
Superintelligence Foundry — Creative AGI for invention and scientific discovery
Creative AGI for autonomous invention, scientific discovery, and company creation.
RoboticsDeep techAI models researcha16z speedrun · +1
speedrun SR007 · cooplabs.com
Coop — Industry-specific benchmarks and evals for robotics models
Independent, industry-specific benchmarks and evals for robotics models.
RoboticsHardwareAI models researcha16z speedrun · +1
YC F26 · rodeorobotics.com
Rodeo Robotics — Robots for vehicle maintenance
Robots for vehicle maintenance.
Artificial intelligenceHard techRoboticsYCAutomotiveIndustrials · +3
YC F26 · theseus.bot
Theseus Robotics — Humanoid robots that restock retail shelves and pick orders
Humanoids to restock retail shelves & pick orders
Hard techRoboticsRetail techYCIndustrials · +2
speedrun SR007 · motherboardlabs.com
Motherboard Labs — Full-stack service layer for robots and autonomous machines
Full-stack Service Layer for Robots and Autonomous Machines
RoboticsManufacturing industrialsAI agentsa16z speedrun · +1
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$10M Pre-Seed · minervahumanoids.com
Minerva Humanoids — Humanoid robots for dangerous jobs in oil and gas
Minerva Humanoids is a robotics company focused on building humanoid robots for hazardous jobs in onshore and offshore oil and gas operations, as well as public safety. Their flagship product, Roger, is a semi-autonomous robot designed to enable specialists to perform their jobs safely from a distance. Minerva aims to reduce the physical risks faced by workers in dangerous environments by allowing robots to handle the dangerous tasks. The company is founded on the principle of enhancing human capabilities while prioritizing safety.
RoboticsPublic safetyLong Journey VenturesCredo VenturesMvp VenturesKaya · +12 · +15
$700M · fieldai.com
FieldAI — Robot autonomy software that works without maps or GPS
FieldAI is a physical AI and robotic autonomy company based in Irvine, CA. It specializes in developing embodied AI software that enhances autonomous robot operations in real-world environments. The company's Field Foundation Models allow robots to navigate dynamic and unpredictable conditions without the need for maps or GPS. FieldAI is focused on global growth and product development in locomotion and manipulation.
SoftwareArtificial intelligenceMachine learning$100M+Robotics · +2
YC F26 · pendulumrobotics.com
Pendulum Robotics — Quick-turn, purpose-built motors and actuators
Quick-turn, purpose-built motors & actuators for all
Hard techRoboticsDronesYCManufacturingElectronics · +1 · +4
YC F26 · faradaycompute.com
Faraday — Industrial OS linking people, AI agents and robots
Industrial aOS between humans, agents, and robots
Artificial intelligenceRoboticsB2BYCManufacturingEnterprise software · +1 · +4
$100M Series A · mavenrobotics.ai
Maven Robotics — General-purpose robots for logistics and manufacturing
Maven Robotics designs, builds, and deploys intelligent robotics for logistics and manufacturing. They created the world's first general-purpose robotics system for industrial work, integrating hardware, software, and AI across all layers. Their robots are designed for complex physical environments and rigorous commercial standards, focusing on industrial-grade reliability and scalability.
ManufacturingSoftwareArtificial intelligenceXtx VenturesVine VenturesLocal Globe · +4 · +7
YC F26 · superradiant.co
SuperRadiant — Robots that form hypotheses and run scientific experiments
SuperRadiant builds Embodied Scientific Intelligence: general-purpose robotic experimentalists that observe, form hypotheses and run experiments in the physical world. The system automates the full experimental loop while staying flexible enough for real discovery work, adapting to changing protocols and new instruments. Founded in 2026 in San Francisco by Cooper Niu, Benedict Quartey and Owen Tower, with a team drawn from Brown, NASA JPL, Fermilab and CERN. Y Combinator Fall 2026.
RoboticsEnergyAdvanced materialsYCArtificial intelligenceBiotechnology · +1 · +4
$32M Series A · antioch.com
Antioch — Calibrated simulation for robotics testing and validation
Antioch moves robotics development and validation out of hardware-in-the-loop rigs and into high-fidelity simulation, calibrating the simulator to a customer's own hardware and running evaluations at cloud scale. It integrates natively with existing CI/CD workflows, bringing test-driven development to autonomy. The $32M Series A was led by Greylock, with A* Capital, Category Ventures, BoxGroup and Icehouse Ventures, plus angels including Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar; total raised is $44.75M.
SoftwareArtificial intelligenceRobotics$10M+ · +1
YC F26 · dreamscalelabs.com
Dreamscale Labs — Real-time cloud inference for robotics teams
Dreamscale Labs is building the fastest cloud inference platform for robotics. As complex physical AI models become too large to fit on expensive on-robot GPUs, Dreamscale lets robotics teams offload inference to the cloud and serves it back with real-time latency — so far hitting 40-50% lower latency than existing neoclouds. Its first product is Dropbear. Founded in 2026 in San Francisco by Eric Ren, Kevin Lin, Antoine Nguyen and Chris Yoo.
Artificial intelligenceRoboticsInfrastructureYCIndustrials · +2
$165M Series C · lyte.ai
Lyte — 4D sensing and perception for robots and autonomous machines
Lyte is an end-to-end integrated perception company for robotics and Physical AI, focused on enabling machines to see, understand, and operate safely in the physical world. Founded by experts behind Apple Face ID and Microsoft Kinect, it offers a unified sensing platform designed to integrate advanced sensing technologies for various robotic applications. Their flagship product, LyteVision, combines 4D sensing and motion awareness into a single framework for autonomous machines. The company aims to simplify robotics by eliminating the challenges of assembling perception systems from multiple vendors.
Information technologySoftwareArtificial intelligenceMaverick Silicon$100M+Robotics · +3
YC S26 · deepreach.ai
DeepReach Inc. — Real-world data network for robots and world models
Real-world data network for robots & world models
Artificial intelligenceHardwareMachine learningYCRoboticsComputer vision · +1 · +4
YC S26 · movingatoms.ai
Moving Atoms — World models that act as virtual reality for robots
Virtual Reality for Robots (World Models)
Artificial intelligenceRoboticsVirtual realityYCIndustrials · +2
$1.4B Series C · skild.ai
Skild AI — Foundation model for low-cost robots across industries
Skild AI is an AI robotics company focused on building a scalable foundation model for robotics. They are breaking the data barrier in robotics by training their model on a significant amount of data points. Their goal is to enable the use of low-cost robots across a broad range of industries and applications, addressing labor shortages and potentially dangerous tasks.
Artificial intelligenceMachine learningRoboticsSalesforce VenturesSchneider ElectricLg · +7 · +10
YC S26 · gopacific.ai
Pacific — Micro data centers for harsh places on Earth and in space
Micro data centers for the harshest places on Earth and in space.
FintechRoboticsSpace technologyYCManufacturingArtificial intelligence · +1 · +4
YC S26 · neuromorphic.vision
Neuromorphic — Robot brains that work across any robot body
Building embodiment agnostic robot brains.
Artificial intelligenceHard techRoboticsYCB2BBiotechnology · +1 · +4
YC F26 · lambdarobotics.ai
Lambda Robotics — Robotics for AI infrastructure
Robotics for AI Infrastructure
RoboticsInfrastructureArtificial intelligenceYCIndustrials · +2
YC S26 · openvector.com
OpenVector — AI that turns any camera into a real-time active operator
AI that turns any camera into an active operator with real-time vision
RoboticsComputer visionInfrastructureYCIndustrialB2B · +3
$1.7B · atoms.co
Atoms — Robotic automation for food, mining and transport
Atoms is Travis Kalanick's industrial automation and robotics company, built out of his CloudKitchens holding company (rebranded Atoms in 2026) and the acquisition of Anthony Levandowski's automation firm Pronto. It builds physical automation for food, mining, and transport — software-controlled robotics to digitize and automate heavy industry. The $1.7B round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Ben Horowitz joining the board.
RoboticsArtificial intelligenceManufacturingAndreessen HorowitzBain CapitalFifth Wall · +3 · +6
$32.4M Series A · gritt.ai
Gritt — Robotic arms and AI for infrastructure buildout
Gritt is building an intelligent system that combines robotics and AI to accelerate the world's infrastructure buildout. The company aims to enhance infrastructure projects through innovative technology. Their solutions include robotic arms designed to integrate with existing systems.
Artificial intelligenceRoboticsActive Impact InvestmentsClimacticCongruent VenturesFirst Round Capital · +4 · +7
