Robotics
a16z Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund for AI Hardware and Infrastructure
For most of the software era, money could buy engineers, distribution and time. It could not instantly erase a two-year technical lead. AI infrastructure is beginning to change that equation. More compute, memory, networking and electricity can translate directly into more capability, which means physical capacity is becoming part of the competitive advantage again. Andreessen […]
This Week in Funding: AI Capital Spreads Into Everything Around the Model
AI still commanded the biggest checks this week, but the more interesting pattern appeared underneath them. Capital moved into GPUs, physical AI, healthcare workflows, accounting, robotics, grid storage and quantum software. The model race is increasingly creating investment opportunities in everything models need to become useful. 🤖 AI & AI Infrastructure Alibaba raises HK$80B for […]
Biggest Tech Funding Rounds This Week: AI, Defense and DeepTech
From billion-dollar defense rounds to AI infrastructure, healthcare, robotics and fintech, capital moved across the technology stack this week. 🤖 AI & AI Infrastructure Neuromorphic Labs raises $5.1M for verifiable trust infrastructure across production AI systems. OpenRouter joins Stripe, combining AI model routing with global payments infrastructure. Wispr raises $280M to turn voice into a […]
Oshen Raises €4.27M to Scale Autonomous Ocean Robot Swarms
Oshen is building for one of the planet’s largest blind spots. Oceans cover most of Earth, yet vast areas are still observed only intermittently because ships, buoys, satellites, and crewed missions cannot provide persistent coverage everywhere. The Plymouth-based company is trying to change that with fleets of small autonomous robots that can stay at sea […]
Micro1 Reaches $500M Gross Run Rate in AI Data Boom
Micro1 is growing around an unexpected consequence of better AI: as models become more powerful, they need more sophisticated humans to teach them what good judgment actually looks like. Doctors, lawyers, engineers, finance professionals, and other specialists are increasingly being brought into model training and evaluation because the next generation of AI has to reason […]
Adiabatic Technologies Raises ₹8.3 Crore to Build Batteries forMachines That Can’t Afford to Quit
Adiabatic Technologies, a Maharashtra-based startup, has raised ₹8.3 crore in seed funding to build custom lithium-ion batteries for demanding machines like warehouse robots, drones, and defense equipment – the kind of systems where a dead battery means real downtime. The round was co-led by Malpani Ventures and Avinya Ventures, with Appreciate Capital, DeVC, Operators Studio, […]
From Movement to Intent: A New Training Layer for Physical AI
Robots are becoming better at copying human movement. They can watch a person stack objects, tighten a bolt or guide a robotic arm through a warehouse task. But movement alone leaves out an important part of the lesson. A robot can observe that a person changed direction. It cannot easily tell whether the change came […]