Robotics venture capital is accelerating as investors bet on physical AI — from humanoid robots and warehouse automation to autonomous vehicles and industrial systems. Our robotics coverage tracks the mega-rounds and sector specialists defining this category.
Browse robotics venture capital funding news below.
SoftBank is the sole investor in Gravis’s $200M Series A (Aug 17, 2026). ETH Zurich spinout sells a mixed-fleet autonomy kit — physical AI for earthmoving, not a new OEM.
Torrance defense startup Neros raised $250M Series C at $2.5B post-money co-led by Sequoia and the American Strategic Technology Fund to ramp Archer AI strike and Bandit interceptor drones.
Ex-Meta AI research director Kevin Carlberg raised $10.25M for Noosphere Labs — human-centered physical intelligence — led by Trilogy Equity Partners with major Madrona participation.
Gap-fill deep dives for Aug 9–10: Source Foundry’s $400M Sequoia-adjacent chip-tool bet, Firmus’s $2B AI factories, Expedition’s $115M COPD Series B, Prime Intellect’s $130M agent stack, and Noen’s ¥500M home robots.
Matrix Partners China led Noen (Knowin) Intelligence’s 500 million RMB Angel++ round for GLOW embodied models and the sub-40cm foldable KNOWIN-X1 home robot — Redpoint among participants.
AlleyCorp led Avatar Robotics’ $6.5M seed for remotely piloted humanoid robots aimed at warehouse labor gaps — hybrid autonomy that ships work now while collecting training data.
