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AI Robotics startups (2026)

41 ai robotics startups tracked, with the largest concentration in US. Total tracked funding: $47.8B.

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Startups
41
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Total raised
$47.8B
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Countries
8
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Active deals
0

Funding by year — AI Robotics

2023 → 2026
$215M
'23
$2.4B
'24
$2.1B
'25
$5.5B
'26

Top countries

By startup count

Stage breakdown

Latest round type
  • Series D 4
  • Series C 3
  • Series B 2
  • Series G 1
  • Series E 1
  • Seed 1
  • Other 1
  • Growth 1

Top investors backing AI Robotics

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Top AI Robotics startups by score

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# Company Location Funding Score
1 Ineffable Intelligence London, GB $1.1B
85
2 Anduril Drones Costa Mesa, US $2.8B
82
3 Skydio San Mateo, US $340M
80
4 Physical Intelligence San Francisco, US $735M
63
5 Saronic Technologies Austin, US $2.6B
60
6 Skild AI Pittsburgh, US $2.2B
60
7 Aurora Pittsburgh, US $2.5B
58
8 Figure AI San Jose, US $1.7B
57
9 Waymo Mountain View, US $31B
49
10 Wayve London, GB $2.3B
48
11 Covariant Emeryville, US $222M
44
12 Pony.ai Fremont, US
35

Recent rounds in AI Robotics

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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

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Robovision logo

Robovision

BE

Robovision provides Industrial Vision Intelligence Infrastructure to monitor, control, and standardize vision systems for outcome assurance at scale.

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VinAI logo

VinAI

VN

Bringing tomorrow's AI solutions to today's challenges, enhancing safety and intelligence in automotive and beyond.

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Phaidra logo

Phaidra

US

AI agents for AI factories, optimizing complex power, cooling, and workload management systems to maximize tokens per watt.

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Preferred Networks logo

Preferred Networks

JP

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.

14
Apptronik logo

Apptronik

US

Building general-purpose humanoid robots to dramatically improve the way humans live and work.

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Standard Bots logo

Standard Bots

US

Vertically integrated, AI-native robots ready to automate the most challenging industrial tasks.

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Encord logo

Encord

The multimodal data layer powering physical AI from training to real-world deployment.

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Path Robotics logo

Path Robotics

US

Physical AI for manufacturing, enabling real-time adaptation for high-quality welds across part variations.

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Bright Machines logo

Bright Machines

US

Building AI infrastructure hardware at the edge by transforming manufacturing with Physical AI.

14
Hadrian logo

Hadrian

US

Factories of the Future to Reindustrialize America, powered by AI for autonomous manufacturing and inspection.

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Helsing logo

Helsing

Helsing is a new type of defence company providing AI-enabled precision mass and autonomous systems across all domains.

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Sanctuary AI logo

Sanctuary AI

Creating and deploying industrial-grade humanoid robots that work and think like people to address global labor challenges.

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PlusAI logo

PlusAI

Transforming transportation with Physical AI, powered by SuperDrive™, our AI-based autonomous driving system for trucks.

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Machina Labs logo

Machina Labs

Intelligent, agile, software-defined manufacturing that turns design intent into precise metal structures in days.

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Mach Industries logo

Mach Industries

Building next-generation defense platforms to maintain an allied American edge and deter kinetic conflict.

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Polycam logo

Polycam

AI reality capture for professionals across any device, for any user, and any project.

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World Labs logo

World Labs

Building the next frontier of generative AI with spatial intelligence for understanding and interacting with the world.

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