Which startups have raised the most funding in the embodied AI market?

Last updated: 13 July 2026

A constantly refreshed ranking of the top startups in the embodied AI market, based on cumulative funding raised

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The embodied AI market is moving fast, with funding flowing into humanoid robots, robot foundation models, warehouse automation, autonomy software, and spatial intelligence platforms.

We update this list every month, so the ranking can reflect new rounds, exits, and changes in public funding data.

This page ranks embodied AI startups by cumulative funding raised, using the data available from public and reliable sources.

A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most funded startup Figure AI, with $1.9B raised
Second most funded startup NEURA Robotics, with $1.6B raised
Largest funding round NEURA Robotics, $1.4B Series C in June 2026
Median funding About $144M across the ranked embodied AI startups
Share of funding captured by the top 10 About 47% of tracked funding
Median time since last round About 21 months
Startups that raised funding in the last 12 months 28 startups
Total tracked embodied AI startup funding About $24.9B, excluding low-confidence entries
Billion-dollar funded embodied AI startups 7 startups have raised at least $1B
Robot foundation model funding About $2.0B across Physical Intelligence, FieldAI, Skild AI, Dyna Robotics, and Genesis AI

Top startups in the embodied AI market ranked by total funding raised

Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the embodied AI market based on the total amount of funding they have raised to date.

The table also includes the total number of funding rounds, the date and size of the latest round, the financing type (e.g. Series A, equity financing), key investors, the startup’s current status (active, IPO, acquired, or shut down), and a confidence score based on the data collected (we excluded startups with very low data confidence, to make sure everything is reliable).

# Startup What They Do Total Raised ($) Total Rounds Last Round Date Last Round Amount ($) Last Round Type Key Investors Current Stage Confidence
1 Figure AI General-purpose humanoid robots $1.9B 4 September 2025 $1.0B Series C Parkway Venture Capital, Brookfield, NVIDIA Active Strong
2 NEURA Robotics Cognitive humanoid robotics platform $1.6B 3 June 2026 $1.4B Series C Tether, Qualcomm, NVIDIA Active Partial
3 World Labs Spatial AI world models $1.2B 2 February 2026 $1.0B Later-stage / Series B-style Autodesk, NVIDIA, AMD Active Strong
4 Applied Intuition Autonomous systems software platform $1.2B 6 June 2025 $600M Series F BlackRock, Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Active Full
5 Galbot Humanoid embodied AI robots $1.2B 5+ March 2026 $350M New funding National AI Fund, Sinopec, CITIC Active Partial
6 Physical Intelligence Robot foundation models $1.1B 3 November 2025 $600M Series B CapitalG, Lux Capital, Thrive Capital Active Strong
7 Apptronik Apollo humanoid robot maker $1.0B 3 February 2026 $520M Series A-X B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz Active Strong
8 UBTECH Robotics Humanoid and service robots $940M 3 May 2018 $820M Series C Tencent, ICBC International, Haier IPO Strong
9 Geek+ Warehouse AMR automation robots $864M 6 July 2025 $346M IPO Intel Capital, Warburg Pincus, GGV Capital IPO Strong
10 Symbotic AI warehouse automation $725M 1 June 2022 $725M SPAC / PIPE SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Walmart, SVF Investment Corp. 3 IPO Partial
11 Berkshire Grey Warehouse robotic fulfillment automation $676M 3 July 2021 $413M SPAC / PIPE Social Capital, BlackRock, RAAC Acquired Strong
12 Agility Robotics Warehouse humanoid robots $578M 4+ June 2025 $400M Series C NVIDIA, Amazon, Toyota Active Partial
13 RobotEra General-purpose humanoid robots $527M 4 April 2026 $200M New funding SF Group, Sequoia China, IDG Capital Active Partial
14 Generalist AI Foundation models for robots >$500M 2 June 2026 $400M Series A / growth Radical Ventures, NVentures, Bezos Expeditions Active Partial
15 EngineAI Humanoid and quadruped robots $489M 3 April 2026 $200M Series B Henan Investment Group, Luxshare Precision, Huangpu River Capital Active Partial
16 Exotec Skypod warehouse robotics systems $446M 4 January 2022 $335M Series D Goldman Sachs, Bpifrance, 83North Active Full
17 Locus Robotics Autonomous warehouse mobile robots $438M 8 November 2022 $117M Series F Goldman Sachs, G2VP, Stack Capital Active Strong
18 GreyOrange AI warehouse fulfillment automation $415M 5 December 2023 $135M Series D Anthelion Capital, Mithril, Blume Ventures Active Partial
19 FieldAI Robot autonomy foundation models $405M 2 August 2025 $314M Series A-1 Bezos Expeditions, Prysm, Temasek Active Strong
20 Boston Dynamics AI Institute Robotics AI research institute $400M 1 August 2022 $400M Company Formation Hyundai Motor Group, Boston Dynamics Active Partial
21 Gecko Robotics Infrastructure inspection robots $347M 6 June 2025 $125M Series D Cox Enterprises, USIT, XN Active Strong
22 Pudu Robotics Commercial service robots $342M 9 April 2026 $150M New round Sequoia Capital China, Meituan, Greater Bay Area Homeland Active Strong
23 Flexiv Adaptive industrial robot arms $322M 5 June 2025 $100M Series C Invus, Meituan, New Hope Group Active Partial
24 Hai Robotics Autonomous case-handling robots $315M 6 June 2022 $100M Series D+ Capital Today, 5Y Capital, Source Code Capital Active Partial
25 Mujin Intelligent industrial robot controllers $312M 6 December 2025 $134M Series D NTT Group, QIA, Salesforce Ventures Active Partial
26 Skild AI Robotics foundation model $300M 1 July 2024 $300M Series A Lightspeed, Coatue, SoftBank Active Full
27 LimX Dynamics Humanoid legged robots $296M 6 February 2026 $200M Series B Alibaba, JD.com, NIO Capital Active Partial
28 Dexterity AI robots for logistics $291M 3 March 2025 $95M Late-stage equity Lightspeed, Sumitomo Active Partial
29 Path Robotics Autonomous robotic welding systems $271M 5 October 2024 $100M Series D Matter Venture Partners, Drive Capital, Yamaha Ventures Active Strong
30 Seegrid Autonomous pallet-handling AMRs $265M 21 September 2025 $25M Series D extension Giant Eagle, G2VP, Innovation Works Active Partial
31 Standard Bots AI industrial robot arms $263M 2 June 2026 $200M Series C RoboStrategy, General Catalyst, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund Active Partial
32 Unitree Robotics Quadruped and humanoid robots $252M 6+ June 2025 $98M Series C Tencent, Alibaba Group, Ant Group Active Partial
33 Leju Robotics Humanoid robotics platforms $252M 6-7 October 2025 $207M Pre-IPO CITIC Goldstone, Shenzhen Investment Holdings, Greenwoods Active Partial
34 Vicarious AI robotic automation software $250M 8 July 2017 $50M Series C Khosla Ventures, Good Ventures, Samsung Ventures Acquired Partial
35 Agile Robots AI robotic automation systems $250M 5 April 2022 $30M Series C extension Foxconn Industrial Internet, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Sequoia China Active Partial
36 Keenon Robotics Commercial service delivery robots $244M 3 September 2021 $200M Series D SoftBank Vision Fund 2, CICC Alpha, Prosperity7 Ventures Active Strong
37 Covariant Robotic picking AI software $222M 5 April 2023 $75M Series C extension Radical Ventures, Index Ventures, CPP Investments Active Full
38 Rokae Robotics Industrial and collaborative robots $210M 9 April 2024 $69M Series E / strategic+ National Manufacturing Transformation Fund, Zoucheng Fund, New Hope Group Active Strong
39 Brain Corp Autonomous robot operating platform $193M 4 February 2024 $32M Corporate minority / Series D extension Tennant Company, SoftBank Vision Fund, Qualcomm Ventures Active Partial
40 Vecna Robotics Autonomous material-handling robots $193M 5 November 2024 $15M Later financing Tiger Global, Blackhorn Ventures, Proficio Capital Active Strong
41 Machina Labs Robotic metal manufacturing $174M 5+ February 2026 $124M Series C Lockheed Martin Ventures, Woven Capital, Balerion Space Ventures Active Partial
42 ANYbotics Autonomous inspection robot dogs $152M 4 September 2025 $20M Series B extension Climate Investment, Bessemer Venture Partners, NGP Capital Active Strong
43 Dyna Robotics Robotic foundation model robots $144M 2 September 2025 $120M Series A RoboStrategy, CRV, First Round Capital Active Full
44 ForwardX Robotics Warehouse and factory AMRs $140M 7 July 2023 $30M Series C extension CDH Investments, Eastern Bell, Qualcomm Ventures Active Strong
45 Deep Robotics Quadruped and humanoid robots $140M 4 December 2025 $70M Series C CMB International, ChinaAMC, China Telecom-linked funds Active Partial
46 1X Technologies Humanoid robots for homes $137M 4 January 2024 $100M Series B EQT Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Nistad Group Active Partial
47 Foretellix AV safety validation software $135M 4 December 2023 $42M Series C extension / close 83North, Temasek, Isuzu Active Strong
48 RightHand Robotics Robotic piece-picking systems $125M 6 March 2025 Undisclosed Series C extension Safar Partners, THL, SoftBank Active Strong
49 Wandelbots No-code robot programming $121M 4 January 2022 $84M Series C Insight Partners, 83North, Microsoft Active Strong
50 Genesis AI Robotics foundation models $105M 1 July 2025 $105M Seed Eclipse, Khosla Ventures, Bpifrance Active Full
51 Sanctuary AI General-purpose humanoid robots $100M 2+ January 2025 $3M Series A follow-on BDC, InBC, Workday Ventures Active Partial
52 Plus One Robotics Parcel robotics vision software $94M 4 March 2023 $50M Series C Scale Venture Partners, Top Tier, Tyche Active Strong
53 Fourier Intelligence Rehab and humanoid robots $92M 4 January 2022 $63M Series D SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Prosperity7, Vision Plus Capital Active Strong
54 Dobot Collaborative robotic arms $91M 3 December 2024 $88M IPO China Internet Investment Fund, Public investors IPO Partial
55 Realtime Robotics Robot motion planning $90M 4 May 2024 $45M Series B Mitsubishi Electric, Toyota AI Ventures, SPARX Active Strong
56 MagicLab Humanoid and quadruped robots $89M 2 March 2026 $69M Series A Jolmo Capital, Sky Factory, Tuopu Group Active Strong
57 GrayMatter Robotics Robotic surface finishing automation $69M 3 June 2024 $45M Series B Wellington Management, NGP Capital, Euclidean Capital Active Strong
58 Ambi Robotics AI parcel sorting robots $64M 3 October 2022 $32M SAFE / additional funding Tiger Global, Bow Capital, Pitney Bowes Active Strong
59 Formic Robots-as-a-service automation $54M 2 June 2024 $27M Series A extension Blackhorn Ventures, Mitsubishi HC Capital, NEC Active Partial
60 RealSense AI vision for robots $50M 1 July 2025 $50M Series A Intel Capital, MediaTek Innovation Fund, unnamed PE firm Active Strong
61 Archetype AI Physical AI sensor models $48M 2 Late 2025 $35M Series A IAG Capital Partners, Hitachi Ventures, Venrock Active Full
62 Elementary Robotics AI vision quality inspection $48M 5 May 2024 Undisclosed Undisclosed Tiger Global, Threshold Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures Active Strong
63 Brightpick AI warehouse picking robots $47M 2 November 2024 $12M Equity / venture debt EBRD, Pavel Baudiš, Eduard Kučera Active Partial
64 Slip Robotics Automated truck-loading robots $45M 2 December 2024 $28M Series B DCVC, Overline, Hyde Park Venture Partners Active Partial
65 Micropsi Industries AI robot control software $45M 5 February 2022 $30M Series B Metaplanet, VSquared, Ahren Innovation Capital Active Partial
66 Parallel Domain Synthetic data for autonomy $44M 3-4 November 2022 $30M Series B March Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Foundry Group Active Strong
67 Robust.AI Autonomous warehouse robotics software $43M 3 April 2023 $20M Series A-1 Prime Movers Lab, Future Ventures, JAZZ Venture Partners Active Full
68 READY Robotics Robot operating software $42M 4 March 2023 Undisclosed Strategic investment Rockwell Automation, Canaan Partners, Drive Capital Shutdown Partial
69 RLWRLD Industrial robotics foundation models $41M 2 February 2026 $26M Seed 2 Headline Asia, Z Venture Capital, Hashed Ventures Active Strong
70 Slamcore Visual spatial intelligence software $40M 5 May 2026 $14M Later-stage / Series B-style ROKStar Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Interwoven Ventures Active Partial
71 Chef Robotics Robotic food assembly systems $39M 3 March 2025 $21M Series A Avataar, Construct Capital, Bloomberg Beta Active Strong
72 Gideon Autonomous material-handling AMRs $39M 4 June 2021 $31M Series A Koch Disruptive Technologies, DB Schenker, Prologis Active Partial
73 Fox Robotics Autonomous forklift systems $33M 3 October 2022 $20M Series B / growth equity BMW i Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Zebra Technologies Acquired Partial
74 OTTO Motors Industrial AMR fleet automation $29M 2 Not fully public Undisclosed Venture round Kensington Capital, iNovia, BDC Capital Acquired Partial
75 Cognata Autonomous vehicle simulation platform $24M 2 October 2018 $19M Series B Scale Venture Partners, Emerge, Maniv Mobility Active Full
76 RGo Robotics Mobile robot perception software $20M 1 May 2022 $20M Series A MoreTech Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, StageOne Ventures Active Strong
77 Mimic Robotics Dexterous robotic manipulation AI $19M 2 November 2025 $16M Seed Elaia, Speedinvest, Founderful Active Partial
78 Energy Robotics Autonomous inspection software $16M 2 October 2025 $14M Series A Blue Bear Capital, Climate Investment, Earlybird Active Full
79 Zivid Industrial 3D robot vision $15M 1 August 2021 $15M Venture round Rasmussengruppen, Protonic Partners Active Partial
80 Opteran Neuromorphic autonomy software $15M 2 June 2022 $12M Seed+ / Series A-style Join Capital, IQ Capital, Northern Gritstone Active Full
81 Bifrost Synthetic 3D data platform $14M 4 October 2024 $8M Series A Carbide Ventures, Airbus Ventures, Peak XV Partners Active Partial
82 Sevensense Robotics Visual SLAM for AMRs $8M 3 November 2022 Undisclosed Follow-on / venture round ABB, Swiss Innovation, Venture Kick Acquired Strong
83 Jacobi Robotics Robot motion planning software $6M 2 July 2024 $5M Seed Moxxie Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck, Courtyard Ventures Active Partial
84 Synthetic Minds Smart contract security synthesis $6M 2 October 2018 $6M Seed VC / Series A Pantera Capital, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator Shutdown Partial
85 PickNik Robotics Robotics manipulation software $2M 1 October 2023 $2M Pre-seed Stellar Ventures, Cypress Growth Capital Active Full

Key funding trends in the embodied AI market

Insights

  • The top ten embodied AI startups capture about 47% of the funding in this dataset, which shows how concentrated capital is around a small group of platform companies.
  • Humanoid robotics has become the clearest funding magnet, with Figure AI, NEURA Robotics, Apptronik, Galbot, RobotEra, and several Chinese robotics companies raising very large rounds.
  • Robot foundation model companies are scaling unusually fast, with Physical Intelligence, FieldAI, Skild AI, Dyna Robotics, and Genesis AI raising about $2.0B combined.
  • Warehouse automation remains one of the most proven embodied AI segments, with Geek+, Symbotic, Berkshire Grey, Exotec, Locus Robotics, and GreyOrange all passing major funding milestones.
  • Software-first embodied AI companies can still attract major capital, as Applied Intuition, Covariant, Realtime Robotics, Foretellix, and Wandelbots together raised about $1.7B.
  • Some newer embodied AI startups are raising late-stage-size rounds very early, including Skild AI’s $300M Series A, Genesis AI’s $105M seed, and Dyna Robotics’ $120M Series A.
  • Strategic investors are highly active in the embodied AI market, with NVIDIA, SoftBank, Toyota-linked investors, Hyundai, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Amazon appearing across major rounds.
  • Acquisitions are more common in applied robotics and automation infrastructure, which suggests that consolidation pressure is stronger in mature warehouse and enabling robotics segments.

A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks startups in the embodied AI market based on their total cumulative fundraising. To create this ranking, we reviewed many sources and cross-checked information across multiple places.

Whenever possible, we prioritized official company communications, since official announcements are usually the most reliable source for funding amounts. When those were not available, we relied on reputable industry sources such as TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Financial Times or Forbes (to name a few).

We excluded random blogs, unverified websites, and any sources that could not be validated.

When funding rounds were announced in other currencies such as euros, Swiss francs, Singapore dollars, Australian dollars, or rupees, we converted them into approximate USD equivalents for consistency.

Sometimes different sources report slightly different numbers, or the exact round size is not fully disclosed. In those cases, we flag the uncertainty and assign a confidence label to each startup, visible in the last column.

Here is what they mean.

Full confidence: The company’s equity fundraising history can be reconstructed completely from public sources. The rounds, dates, amounts, and key investors are clearly identified, with no meaningful gaps.

Strong confidence: The fundraising history is largely complete and reliable. There may be a small missing detail, such as incomplete investor information or a minor round with limited data, but the overall record is clear.

Partial confidence: The main fundraising rounds can be identified, but the record is incomplete or somewhat mixed. Some rounds may be missing or certain funding events may be difficult to separate clearly.

Low confidence: Public information is too limited, inconsistent, or ambiguous to reliably reconstruct the company’s equity fundraising history.

When the confidence level is too low, we take a conservative approach and exclude the company from the ranking. We don’t want to include data that cannot be reliably verified.

In a world where LLMs hallucinate and unreliable information is everywhere, our goal is simple: provide data you can trust.

If you want the full detail on a specific calculation, feel free to contact us and we will gladly explain.

Finally, know that we update the dataset once per month, so come back here if you need fresh information.

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