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111 companies in six segments: foundation models, humanoids, industrial and logistics, vertical applications, simulation and tooling, and components. Filters write into the URL. Expand a card for the sources behind a figure.

111 of 111 companies

Funding figures are as of 6 August 2026.

Foundation models12

Mind Robotics

high

Rivian spinout building AI-enabled industrial robotics platform for automating manufacturing tasks at scale, training on data from Rivian factories.

  • ai industrial robotics
  • factory data
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
$400M
Date
13 May 2026
Valuation
$3.4B
As of
18 Aug 2026

Assured Robot Intelligence

medium

Built AI models for robots to address critical challenges in high-value labor markets; acquired by Meta for Superintelligence Labs.

  • robot ai models
Status
Acquired
Latest round
Acquisition
Amount
not disclosed
Date
1 May 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Eka Robotics

low

Builds robot foundation models for dexterous manipulation, co-founded by MIT professor Pulkit Agrawal and DeepMind researcher Tuomas Haarnoja.

  • dexterous manipulation
  • research to commercial
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Humanoids34

1X Technologies

medium

Builds NEO, a bipedal home humanoid robot for household chores, available for pre-order at $20,000; also deploying to industrial use cases.

  • home humanoid
  • passive stability
Status
Private
Latest round
Series B
Amount
$100M
Date
1 Jan 2024
Valuation
$500M
As of
18 Aug 2026

UBTECH Robotics

high

Builds Walker S2 industrial humanoid robots; began mass production and delivery of several hundred units, reaching 1,000 Walker S2 milestone.

  • industrial humanoid
  • mass production
  • battery swapping
Status
IPO
Latest round
IPO
Amount
$130M
Date
1 Dec 2023
Valuation
$5B
As of
18 Aug 2026

Fourier

medium

Builds GR-series humanoid robots (GR-1, GR-2, GR-3) originating from rehabilitation exoskeletons; GR-3 designed as care-centric companion with DeepSeek AI partnership.

  • rehabilitation heritage
  • vision only navigation
  • care companion
Status
Private
Latest round
Series D
Amount
$62M
Date
30 Sep 2024
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Galbot

high

Builds G1 humanoid robots with embodied multimodal large models for commercial and industrial applications; deployed at CATL battery factory.

  • embodied multimodal large model
  • three layer architecture
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
$300M
Date
19 Dec 2025
Valuation
$3B
As of
18 Aug 2026

AgiBot

high

Builds A2-series humanoid robots; acquired control of listed Swancor Advanced Materials (2.1B yuan for at least 63.62%, which AgiBot says is not a backdoor listing); No.1 in 2025 humanoid shipments; preparing a Hong Kong IPO.

  • embodied ai
  • mass production
Status
Private
Latest round
Strategic
Amount
not disclosed
Date
1 Aug 2025
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Sanctuary AI

medium

Originally built Phoenix humanoid robots with hydraulic hands; pivoted in 2026 to selling AI software for other robots rather than building hardware.

  • ai software pivot
  • hydraulic hands
  • cognitive ai
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
1 Jan 2024
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

NEURA Robotics

high

Builds 4NE-1 humanoid and cognitive robots combining sensing, hearing, and learning; full-stack robotics company with edge AI capabilities.

  • cognitive robotics
  • full stack
  • edge ai
Status
Private
Latest round
Series C
Amount
not disclosed
Date
10 Jun 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Spirit AI

medium

Builds a 'universal brain' for robots using embodied AI foundation models.

  • universal brain
  • embodied ai
Status
Private
Latest round
Series A+
Amount
$222M
Date
3 Jun 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

EngineAI

high

Builds humanoid and quadruped robots for traffic, security, and retail deployment; a Series B+ followed in May 2026 with terms undisclosed.

  • humanoid
  • quadruped
Status
Private
Latest round
Series B
Amount
$200M
Date
9 Apr 2026
Valuation
$1.5B
As of
18 Aug 2026

RobotEra

medium

Develops humanoid robots and embodied intelligence systems.

  • embodied intelligence
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

X Square Robot

medium

Builds general-purpose embodied intelligence robots for household and industrial applications, targeting home trials.

  • embodied intelligence
  • large operating model
Status
Private
Latest round
Series B
Amount
not disclosed
Date
21 Apr 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

LimX Dynamics

medium

Develops humanoid robots and motion control systems.

  • humanoid
  • motion control
Status
Private
Latest round
Pre-IPO
Amount
not disclosed
Date
14 Jul 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Mentee Robotics

high

Israeli humanoid robotics company co-founded by Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua; acquired by Mobileye.

  • humanoid
Status
Acquired
Latest round
Acquisition
Amount
$900M
Date
3 Feb 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Industrial / logistics15

Symbotic

high

Builds AI-driven warehouse automation systems using autonomous mobile robots for case handling and palletization; $22.5B backlog primarily from Walmart.

  • warehouse automation
  • mobile robots
  • ai palletization
Status
Public
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Amazon Robotics

high

Operates 1M+ robot fleet in fulfillment centers; launched Blue Jay multi-arm picking system and Project Eluna agentic AI for operations.

  • warehouse automation
  • agentic ai
  • fleet at scale
Status
Public
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Nimble

high

Builds fully autonomous AI robotics fulfillment systems operating as a robotic 3PL; 2025 revenue tripled year-over-year.

  • autonomous fulfillment
  • robotic 3pl
Status
Private
Latest round
Series C
Amount
$106M
Date
23 Oct 2024
Valuation
$1B
As of
18 Aug 2026

Mujin

high

Builds robot software for factory and logistics automation; plans IPO by 2030, raising Series D extension above $1B valuation.

  • robot software
  • factory automation
Status
Private
Latest round
Series D
Amount
$233M
Date
2 Dec 2025
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Fox Robotics

medium

Builds autonomous forklifts and lift trucks for warehouse dock operations; acquired by Symbotic.

  • autonomous forklifts
  • dock operations
Status
Acquired
Latest round
Acquisition
Amount
not disclosed
Date
10 Feb 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Zebra Technologies (Robotics Automation)

high

Built robotics automation business including Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform; sold to Skild AI in April 2026.

  • warehouse orchestration
  • fulfillment
Status
Acquired
Latest round
Divestiture
Amount
not disclosed
Date
15 Apr 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Robotphoenix

medium

Makes lightweight industrial robots; listed on HKEX in May 2026, raising ~$86M.

  • lightweight industrial robots
Status
IPO
Latest round
IPO
Amount
$86M
Date
18 May 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Vertical applications32

Carbon Robotics

medium

Builds AI-powered LaserWeeder for chemical-free weed control using computer vision and lasers, plus Carbon Autonomy autonomous farming platform.

  • laser weeding
  • computer vision
  • autonomous farming
Status
Private
Latest round
Series D
Amount
$20M
Date
23 Oct 2025
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Monarch Tractor

high

Built fully electric, driver-optional autonomous tractors; had mass layoffs and was acquired by Caterpillar after burning through ~$250M.

  • electric autonomous tractor
Status
Acquired
Latest round
Acquisition
Amount
not disclosed
Date
14 Apr 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Farm-ng

low

Builds modular autonomous farm robots for data collection and field operations.

  • modular autonomous farm robot
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Bedrock Robotics

high

Builds autonomous construction technology for heavy equipment like excavators, founded by ex-Waymo engineers.

  • autonomous heavy equipment
  • waymo veterans
Status
Private
Latest round
Series B
Amount
$270M
Date
4 Feb 2026
Valuation
$1.8B
As of
18 Aug 2026

Intuitive Surgical

high

Builds da Vinci surgical robotic systems for minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery; da Vinci 5 generation shipping with 100+ improvements.

  • surgical robotics
  • minimally invasive
Status
Public
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Nuro

high

Builds autonomous vehicle technology for last-mile goods delivery, pivoting from custom delivery robots to AI-first autonomous driving licensing.

  • autonomous driving
  • licensing
  • last mile delivery
Status
Private
Latest round
Series E
Amount
$203M
Date
21 Aug 2025
Valuation
$6B
As of
18 Aug 2026

Weave Robotics

medium

Builds Isaac 1, a personal home robot for folding laundry, tidying, and home care tasks; available for preorder at $7,999.

  • home robot
  • consumer
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

iRobot

high

Pioneer of consumer robot vacuums (Roomba); filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Dec 2025, acquired by Picea Robotics (Chinese manufacturer).

  • consumer vacuum
  • home cleaning
Status
Acquired (bankruptcy)
Latest round
Acquisition (bankruptcy)
Amount
not disclosed
Date
14 Dec 2025
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Foundry Robotics

low

Develops robots to automate factory assembly tasks.

  • factory assembly automation
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Starship Technologies

low

Builds autonomous sidewalk delivery robots for food and package delivery.

  • sidewalk delivery
  • autonomous
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Knightscope

low

Builds autonomous security robots for patrolling and monitoring public and private spaces.

  • autonomous security
  • patrol robots
Status
Public
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Diligent Robotics

medium

Builds Moxi, a hospital service robot for non-patient-facing tasks like delivering supplies and lab samples; acquired by Serve Robotics.

  • hospital service robot
  • mobile manipulation
Status
Acquired
Latest round
Acquisition
Amount
$29M
Date
20 Jan 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Anduril

medium

Builds autonomous systems for defense including drones, counter-drone systems, and AI-powered military platforms.

  • defense autonomy
  • ai military systems
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
$61B
As of
18 Aug 2026

Simulation / tooling10

Applied Intuition

high

Builds vehicle software, simulation, validation, and autonomy AI stacks for automotive and defense; expanding into robotics with Dana natural-language service.

  • simulation
  • validation
  • autonomy stack
Status
Private
Latest round
Series F
Amount
$600M
Date
17 Jun 2025
Valuation
$15B
As of
18 Aug 2026

Encord

medium

Provides multimodal data management, annotation, and collection platform for physical AI, including real-world egocentric and sensor data for robotics.

  • data annotation
  • data curation
  • robotics data
Status
Private
Latest round
Series B
Amount
$30M
Date
13 Aug 2024
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

Micro1

medium

Provides expert-demonstrated teleoperation data for frontier robotics labs, capturing human demonstrations in real working environments.

  • teleoperation
  • expert demonstrations
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

OpenAI (Robotics)

medium

Re-entered robotics field with hiring push across hardware, simulation, data, and ML roles to develop robots for physical tasks.

  • robotics foundation models
  • hardware
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Meta (Robotics)

high

Entered humanoid robotics by acquiring Assured Robot Intelligence, folding team into Superintelligence Labs to build foundational physical AI models.

  • physical ai models
  • acqui hire
Status
Public
Latest round
Acquisition
Amount
not disclosed
Date
1 May 2026
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Pollen Robotics

medium

Builds Reachy and Reachy Mini open-source humanoid robots for research and education, partnered with Hugging Face.

  • open source
  • research education
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Components8

Nabtesco

medium

Builds precision cycloidal and planetary reducers for industrial and humanoid robot joints.

  • cycloidal reducers
  • precision motion
Status
Public
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Leaderdrive

medium

Chinese manufacturer of harmonic reducers positioned as domestic alternative to Japanese suppliers for humanoid robot joints.

  • harmonic reducers
  • domestic substitution
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Sanhua

medium

Supplies thermal management and actuator components to Tesla for Optimus; $685M order from Tesla reported.

  • thermal management
  • actuator components
Status
Public
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Shadow Robot

medium

Builds dexterous robotic hands and teleoperated robots with advanced dexterity for research and mission-critical applications.

  • dexterous hands
  • teleoperation
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026

Sharpa

high

Builds SharpaWave dexterous humanoid hands with 22 DoF and tactile sensing, plus foundation models for contact-rich manipulation; mass production achieved.

  • dexterous hands
  • tactile sensing
  • mass production
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
18 Aug 2026

XELA Robotics

medium

Builds advanced 3D tactile sensors providing human sense of touch for humanoid and industrial robots.

  • 3d tactile sensors
Status
Private
Latest round
not disclosed
Amount
not disclosed
Date
not disclosed
Valuation
not disclosed
As of
6 Aug 2026