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Robotics

Robotics is the field of engineering and computer science concerned with designing, building and programming machines that sense their surroundings and carry out physical tasks, either on their own or under human control.

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FIRST SEEN
Oct 22, 2026
LAST SEEN
Oct 28, 2026

Recent signals

  • Foundry, a manufacturing-as-a-service startup that builds factories with robots powered by physical AI models, raised a $100M Series A led by Marlinspike (Rocket Drew/The Information) Oct 28, 2026
  • London-based Machenta, which is building an AI model that can teach robots new physical tasks after seeing them performed just once, raised a $40M seed (Rya Jetha/Business Insider) Oct 27, 2026
  • Chicago-based Formic, which provides robots-as-a-service automation to manufacturers, raised $50M, including a $40M Series B and $10M in asset-backed financing (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios) Oct 22, 2026
  • Enact, which develops full-stack tech for general-purpose robots, emerges from stealth with a $30M pre-seed from Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch, Yann LeCun, and more (John Reynolds/Tech.eu) Oct 22, 2026
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