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Snapshot 2026-10-20- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,259
- RoboticsRankedof 178
- MultimodalRankedof 59
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Winverse AI is a robot-AI research lab founded in 2026 by Hu Han, former lead scientist heading Tencent's vision-language and embodied foundation model teams, building foundation models that let robots perform real-world tasks.
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Winverse AI
Winverse AI is a robot-AI research lab founded in 2026 by Hu Han, former lead scientist heading Tencent's vision-language and embodied foundation model teams, building foundation models that let robots perform real-world tasks.
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United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Figure
Figure, founded in 2022 in Sunnyvale, California, develops humanoid robots for industrial and household tasks.
Strategic · $1.9B · 2026-09 · Valuation $39B
$1.9BValuation $39B - Dream Labs
Dream Labs is a San Francisco-based robotics foundation model startup founded in 2026 by former leaders of NVIDIA's GR00T program. It builds Dream-1, a generalist robot brain that works across robot hardware, tasks and environments using video and natural-language inputs.
Seed · $90M · 2026-10
$90M - FieldAI
FieldAI, founded in 2023 in Irvine, California, develops foundational embodied AI models (robot brains) that enable humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and autonomous vehicles to adapt to new environments.
Undisclosed · $405M · 2025-08 · Valuation $2.0B
$405MValuation $2.0B
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- 昆仑行机器人
Kunlun Robotics (昆仑行机器人), founded in 2026 in Beijing, China, is an embodied intelligence company developing both software and hardware. Building on vision-language-action (VLA) models, it introduces physical causal modeling capabilities and proposes the Kunlun World Model (KWM) dual-system robot intelligence architecture, with a long-term commitment to general-purpose embodied intelligence.
Undisclosed · 2026-06
— - Galaxea AI
Galaxea AI, founded in 2023 in Beijing, China, focuses on embodied intelligence foundation models and embodied intelligent robot development, with a core goal of developing a general-purpose embodied intelligence brain.
Series B · $837M · 2026-04 · Valuation $2.8B
$837MValuation $2.8B - DISCOVER Robotics
DISCOVER Robotics (求之科技(无锡)有限公司), incubated by Tsinghua University's Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR) in 2023 and headquartered in Wuxi, is dedicated to developing consumer-grade embodied intelligence robot systems for commercial services and home scenarios. The company independently developed the AIRBOT product line, including mobile lifting dual-arm robots, supporting embodied intelligence data collection and imitation learning algorithm deployment. Its core team includes former Huawei Genius Youth program members and recipients of Tsinghua University's top academic awards.
Angel · $200M · 2026-08
$200M
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Rocsys
Rocsys, founded in 2019 in the Netherlands, uses soft robotics, AI-based computer vision, and data-driven services to transform EV chargers into automated systems.
Series A · $56M · 2023-07
$56M - InBolt
InBolt, founded in 2019 in Paris, France, provides AI-based 3D vision technology for robotics in manufacturing.
Undisclosed · $34M · 2026-09
$34M - Sitegeist
Sitegeist, founded in 2025 in Munich, Germany, builds modular robots for infrastructure renovation sites, handling tasks such as concrete removal and sandblasting.
Pre-Seed · $10M · 2026-02
$10M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- RLWRLD
RLWRLD, founded in 2024 in South Korea, develops AI foundation models for robotics, competing with startups such as Skild AI and Physical Intelligence as well as Tesla, Google DeepMind, and Nvidia.
Seed · $15M · 2025-04
$15M - 影身智能
Yingshen Intelligence, founded in June 2024 in Hangzhou, China, focuses on embodied world models and robotics, developing an embodied robot brain and low-cost hardware based on 3D dynamic data and spatiotemporal large AI models.
Series A · $15M · 2026-04
$15M - RoboScience
Founded in 2025, RoboScience develops embodied intelligence foundation models and a general-purpose robotics platform.
Series A · 2026-02
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