Machenta
Machenta is a physical AI spinout from Imperial College London's Robot Learning Lab, based in King's Cross, London.
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Snapshot 2026-10-27- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,370new
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- Embodied Foundation ModelsRankedof 32
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Machenta is a physical AI spinout from Imperial College London's Robot Learning Lab, based in King's Cross, London. It builds robot foundation models for Instant Robot Learning: models trained entirely in simulation and scaled through compute, which let robots perform a new task from one or two real demonstrations without task-specific training.
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Investor· 2
Founders / team· 2
Funding history
- 2026-10-27Seed$40M
Investors · Creandum, Union Square VenturesSource · imperial.ac.uk ↗
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Machenta
Machenta is a physical AI spinout from Imperial College London's Robot Learning Lab, based in King's Cross, London. It builds robot foundation models for Instant Robot Learning: models trained entirely in simulation and scaled through compute, which let robots perform a new task from one or two real demonstrations without task-specific training.
Seed · 2026-10
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United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Enigma
Cross-embodiment robotics foundation models
Seed · $71M · 2026-07
$71M - General Intuition
Trains "large action" foundation models and general-purpose agents with spatiotemporal reasoning capabilities on action-labeled gameplay footage, and transfers them to real-world embodied systems such as robots, drones and autonomous vehicles.
Undisclosed · $650M · 2026-09 · Valuation $6.2B
$650MValuation $6.2B - Generalist AI
Develops AI models that control robots
Series B-1 · $600M · 2026-08 · Valuation $3.0B
$600MValuation $3.0B
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- 中科煜坤
Multimodal general spatiotemporal intelligence technology and foundation models for robots and smart devices.
Seed · 2026-06
— - BASAL Intelligence
Action-native in-context embodied foundation model that lets robots switch scenarios without retraining and learn and adapt on site
Seed · 2026-10
— - 息壤开物
Large physical models (LPM) for robotics and autonomous driving
Angel · 2026-09 · Valuation $500M
—Valuation $500M
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDateOther / unspecified
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