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Vention Secures $110M to Scale Physical AI for Global Manufacturing
Vention has announced a $110M USD funding round to advance its AI-powered platform for automation and robotics.
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Nucleus4D Raises $1.5M to Scale Spatial Capture Platform for Real-World Digitization
Nucleus4D has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its spatial computing platform for digitizing real-world environments. The round was led by Antler and South Loop Ventures
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Zipline Tops 2 Million Deliveries, Expands to Houston and Phoenix After $600M Raise
Zipline has surpassed 2 million commercial deliveries and raised over $600 million in new funding. The company will begin autonomous delivery operations in Houston and Phoenix in early 2026.
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SPIE and UNC Charlotte Launch $1M Doctoral Scholarship Fund in Optical Science
SPIE and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced a $1 million endowed fund to support doctoral research in optics and photonics. The SPIE Emerging Innovators in Optical Science and Engineering Scholarship
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Mytra Closes $120M as Fortune 100s Adopt Its Supply Chain OS
Mytra has raised $120 million in Series C funding to accelerate its deployment of a software-based platform for material movement and storage. The round was led by Avenir Growth with participation from new backers including Kivu Ventures and D. E. Shaw
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Skild AI Secures $1.4B Series C to Scale Omni-Bodied Robotics Intelligence
Skild AI has raised $1.4 billion in a Series C round led by SoftBank, pushing its valuation beyond $14 billion. The raise included participation from NVentures (NVIDIA), Bezos Expeditions, Macquarie Capital, and returning investors
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ByteDance Joins Alibaba-Backed X Square Robot in $140M Series A++
X Square Robot announced a $140 million Series A++ funding round, bringing in new strategic investors including ByteDance and HongShan. The company, founded in December 2023, focuses on general-purpose embodied AI systems and previously received backing from Alibaba Group and Meituan.
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RayNeo Secures Strategic Funding, Debuts First eSIM-Enabled AR Glasses
RayNeo has closed a new funding round backed by Unicom Innovation Capital and two China Mobile investment arms. The companies represent the country’s largest telecom operators, and the announcement frames this as their first direct investment in consumer AR.
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European Investment Bank Backs Comau with €50 Million for Robotics and Automation R&D
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is putting €50 million behind Comau, a Turin-based robotics and automation company. The money will go toward developing new technologies in robotics, machine tools, automation
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Galbot Raises $300M, Reaches $3B Valuation with Global Investor Backing
Galbot, a Beijing-based robotics company, has raised over $300 million in a new round of funding from investors from China, Singapore, and the Middle East, bringing Galbot’s total funding to $800 million and valuing the company at $3 billion.
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Vinci Raises $46M for AI System That Simulates Chips 1000x Faster
Silicon Valley-based startup Vinci announced $46 million in funding and the launch of its chip simulation platform after more than two years in stealth.
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Generative Bionics Raises €70M to Launch Industrial-Grade Humanoid Robots
Generative Bionics, a spin-off from the Italian Institute of Technology, has completed a €70 million funding round to advance its line of intelligent humanoid robots. The investment was led by the Artificial Intelligence Fund of CDP Venture Capital