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Snapshot 2026-10-21- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,268
- RoboticsRankedof 181
- AutomationRankedof 183
- Autonomous DrivingRankedof 28
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Zichuang Zhixie (Shanghai) is an embodied-AI startup building iDM, a construction-machinery foundation model combining VLM, VLA, a world-action model and low-level motion control, to make loaders and excavators autonomous, in partnership with XCMG Hanyun and Shantui.
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- 2026-10-21Angel数千万元
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- 紫创智械
Zichuang Zhixie (Shanghai) is an embodied-AI startup building iDM, a construction-machinery foundation model combining VLM, VLA, a world-action model and low-level motion control, to make loaders and excavators autonomous, in partnership with XCMG Hanyun and Shantui.
Angel · 2026-10
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Atoms
Atoms , an eight-year-old Los Angeles startup founded and led by Travis Kalanick that is building robotics and automation systems for food, mining, transportation, and other industrial sectors, raised a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz , with Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel , and Alpha Square Group also digging in. TechCrunch has more here .
Undisclosed · $1.7B · 2026-07
$1.7B - Helm.ai
Helm.ai, founded in 2016 in Menlo Park, develops AI software for autonomous driving and robotics automation, with total funding of $102M.
Series C · $55M · 2023-08
$55M - Point One Navigation
Point One Navigation is a San Francisco-based precision positioning company founded in 2016. Its Polaris RTK corrections network, Location Cloud and sensor-fusion Positioning Engine deliver centimeter-level location for automotive, robotics, drone and wearable applications, positioning the company as infrastructure for Physical AI.
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GL Ventures
23 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 13 at a nearby stage · 23 in East China
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19 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 12 at a nearby stage · 19 in East China
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17 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 11 at a nearby stage · 17 in East China
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16 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 12 at a nearby stage · 16 in East China
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13 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 8 at a nearby stage · 11 in East China
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13 Robotics deals in the last 24 months · 8 at a nearby stage · 13 in East China
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