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Quartermaster raises $43M for ship-mounted sensor network
Quartermaster has closed a $43M Series A to scale its SmartMast sensor package — a weather-hardened mast-mounted unit combining cameras, radios, and analytics software that turns ships into a continuous sensing network. The system addresses critical gaps in maritime situational awareness, where the ...
Mind Robotics raises $400M two months after $500M round
Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics spinoff from Rivian, has closed a $400M round led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing total funding to over $1B since its 2025 formation. The company is developing robots with "human-like skills" to automate factory operations — a gap Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe believes e...
Physical Intelligence raises $600M to scale robot foundation models
Physical Intelligence has closed a $600M Series B led by Alphabet's CapitalG, bringing total funding to $1.1B at a $5.6B valuation. The San Francisco startup's latest VLA model doubles robot throughput on manipulation tasks using a reinforcement learning approach that combines demonstrations, correc...
FieldAI raised $405M to build universal robot brains with physics-grounded AI
FieldAI closed $405M across multiple rounds to develop "foundational embodied AI models" — general-purpose robot brains designed to work across humanoids, quadrupeds, and autonomous vehicles. The company's approach embeds physics into AI models to help robots manage risk and adapt to new environment...
Genesis AI raises $105M seed to build robotics foundation model using synthetic data
Genesis AI emerged from stealth with a $105M seed round from Eclipse and Khosla Ventures to develop a foundation model for robotics trained on synthetic data generated by a proprietary physics engine. The approach aims to sidestep the cost and latency of collecting real-world training data, a key bo...
Galbot raises $300M at $3B valuation, deploys humanoid robots at scale
Galbot closed a $300M funding round in December 2024, reaching a $3B valuation and $800M in total capital raised. The company has deployed humanoid robots in live operations with CATL, Bosch, Toyota, and Hyundai, secured orders for thousands of units, and launched autonomous retail stores in over 30...
Bone AI raises $12M to build South Korea's defense robotics supply chain
Bone AI, a Seoul and Palo Alto-based startup, has raised a $12M seed round led by Third Prime to develop autonomous air, ground, and marine vehicles for defense and government clients. The company is positioning itself as a "physical AI" firm that integrates software, hardware design, and large-scal...
Figure raises $1B+ at $39B valuation to scale humanoid manufacturing
Figure AI closed a $1B+ Series C led by Parkway Venture Capital at a $39B valuation — 15x its prior round. The funding will expand production capacity at BotQ, Figure's in-house factory designed to manufacture 12,000 humanoid robots annually, and enhance Helix, the company's vision-language-action A...
