AI Robotics startups (2026)
41 ai robotics startups tracked, with the largest concentration in US. Total tracked funding: $47.8B.
Funding by year — AI Robotics
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View all 41 →| # | Company | Location | Funding | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | London, GB | $1.1B | |
| 2 | | Costa Mesa, US | $2.8B | |
| 3 | | San Mateo, US | $340M | |
| 4 | | San Francisco, US | $735M | |
| 5 | | Austin, US | $2.6B | |
| 6 | | Pittsburgh, US | $2.2B | |
| 7 | | Pittsburgh, US | $2.5B | |
| 8 | | San Jose, US | $1.7B | |
| 9 | | Mountain View, US | $31B | |
| 10 | | London, GB | $2.3B | |
| 11 | | Emeryville, US | $222M | |
| 12 | | Fremont, US | — |
Recent rounds in AI Robotics
All rounds →| Date | Startup | Round | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Ineffable Intelligence | Seed | $1.1B |
| Mar 2026 | Saronic Technologies | Series d | $1.8B |
| Feb 2026 | Wayve | Series d | $1.2B |
| Jan 2026 | Skild AI | Series c | $1.4B |
| Sep 2025 | Figure AI | Series c | $1B |
| Apr 2025 | Skild AI | Series b | $500M |
| Feb 2025 | Saronic Technologies | Series c | $600M |
| Jul 2024 | Saronic Technologies | Series b | $175M |
All AI Robotics startups
Page 2Robovision
Robovision provides Industrial Vision Intelligence Infrastructure to monitor, control, and standardize vision systems for outcome assurance at scale.
VinAI
Bringing tomorrow's AI solutions to today's challenges, enhancing safety and intelligence in automotive and beyond.
Phaidra
AI agents for AI factories, optimizing complex power, cooling, and workload management systems to maximize tokens per watt.
Preferred Networks
Preferred Networks develops and provides all four layers of the AI technology value chain: AI semiconductors, computing infrastructure, generative AI foundation models, and AI products/solutions.
Apptronik
Building general-purpose humanoid robots to dramatically improve the way humans live and work.
Standard Bots
Vertically integrated, AI-native robots ready to automate the most challenging industrial tasks.
Encord
The multimodal data layer powering physical AI from training to real-world deployment.
Path Robotics
Physical AI for manufacturing, enabling real-time adaptation for high-quality welds across part variations.
Bright Machines
Building AI infrastructure hardware at the edge by transforming manufacturing with Physical AI.
Hadrian
Factories of the Future to Reindustrialize America, powered by AI for autonomous manufacturing and inspection.
Helsing
Helsing is a new type of defence company providing AI-enabled precision mass and autonomous systems across all domains.
Sanctuary AI
Creating and deploying industrial-grade humanoid robots that work and think like people to address global labor challenges.
PlusAI
Transforming transportation with Physical AI, powered by SuperDrive™, our AI-based autonomous driving system for trucks.
Machina Labs
Intelligent, agile, software-defined manufacturing that turns design intent into precise metal structures in days.
Mach Industries
Building next-generation defense platforms to maintain an allied American edge and deter kinetic conflict.
Polycam
AI reality capture for professionals across any device, for any user, and any project.
World Labs
Building the next frontier of generative AI with spatial intelligence for understanding and interacting with the world.