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   "pitch_en": "Open-source humanoid robot maker behind Reachy, acquired by Hugging Face in 2025 to bring embodied AI to a mass developer community.",
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   "notable_en": "The April 2025 acquisition was Hugging Face's first hardware move, pairing its open-source AI ecosystem with the $70,000 Reachy 2 platform already used by labs such as Cornell and Carnegie Mellon.",
   "notable_fr": "Le rachat d'avril 2025 marque la première incursion matérielle de Hugging Face, associant son écosystème IA open source à la plateforme Reachy 2 (70 000 dollars) déjà utilisée par des laboratoires comme Cornell et Carnegie Mellon.",
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     "date": "2025-06-02",
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   "region": "EMEA",
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   "pitch_en": "3D vision AI that lets industrial robot arms locate parts and adapt their trajectory in real time, in under 80 milliseconds.",
   "pitch_fr": "IA de vision 3D qui permet aux bras robotiques industriels de localiser les pièces et d'adapter leur trajectoire en temps réel, en moins de 80 millisecondes.",
   "notable_en": "Deployed on FANUC, Universal Robots and Yaskawa arms across six robot brands; its 2026 Automate launch demoed real-time bolt tightening on a moving engine block with FANUC.",
   "notable_fr": "Déployée sur des bras FANUC, Universal Robots et Yaskawa couvrant six marques de robots ; son lancement à Automate 2026 a fait la démonstration d'un vissage en temps réel sur un bloc moteur en mouvement avec FANUC.",
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     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/inbolt-sees-series-a-funding-for-its-future-of-giving-vision-guidance-to-industrial-robots/",
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     "date": "2024-09-19",
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     "date": "2026-05-01",
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     "date": "2026-05-01",
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   "name": "Wandercraft",
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   "region": "EMEA",
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   "pitch_en": "Builds self-balancing exoskeletons and, since 2025, industrial humanoid robots, extending medical rehabilitation technology into factory automation.",
   "pitch_fr": "Conçoit des exosquelettes auto-équilibrés et, depuis 2025, des robots humanoïdes industriels, en étendant sa technologie de rééducation médicale vers l'automatisation d'usine.",
   "notable_en": "Its Calvin-40 humanoid, built in 40 days on 12 years of exoskeleton R&D, won Renault as first customer: minority stake, $75M Series D (June 2025, with Bpifrance/France 2030), and 350 units announced in March 2026 for Renault plants.",
   "notable_fr": "Son humanoïde Calvin-40, construit en 40 jours sur 12 ans de R&D exosquelettes, a fait de Renault son premier client : prise de participation, Série D de 75 M$ (juin 2025, avec Bpifrance/France 2030) et 350 exemplaires annoncés en mars 2026 pour les usines Renault.",
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     "date": "2025-06-11",
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     "date": "2025-06-11",
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     "url": "https://eurofinancialreview.com/2025/06/14/wandercraft-paris-robotics-firm-secures-75m/",
     "publisher": "Euro Financial Review",
     "date": "2025-06-14",
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     "url": "https://www.enerzine.com/renault-deploie-350-robots-humanoides-dans-ses-usines-francaises/184759-2026-03",
     "publisher": "Enerzine",
     "date": "2026-03-30",
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   "name": "Enchanted Tools",
   "hq_country": "FR",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "humanoid",
   "stage": "seed",
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   "pitch_en": "Builds Mirokai, a wheeled social humanoid with expressive character design for guidance, concierge and light logistics roles in healthcare and hospitality.",
   "pitch_fr": "Conçoit Mirokaï, un humanoïde social à roulettes au design expressif, pour l'accueil, le guidage et la logistique légère en santé et en hôtellerie.",
   "notable_en": "Founded by ex-Aldebaran co-founder Jerome Monceaux, creator of the NAO and Pepper robots, it raised what was then the largest seed round in French robotics history (EUR 17 million, 2022) and delivered its first Mirokai unit to Sorbonne University's ISIR lab.",
   "notable_fr": "Fondée par Jérôme Monceaux, cofondateur d'Aldebaran et créateur des robots NAO et Pepper, elle a levé ce qui fut le plus gros tour d'amorçage jamais réalisé en robotique française (17 millions d'euros, 2022) et livré son premier Mirokaï au laboratoire ISIR de Sorbonne Université.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://mercisf.com/2024/11/15/enchanted-tools-the-art-of-re-enchanting-the-world-with-humanoid-robots/",
     "publisher": "MerciSF",
     "date": "2024-11-15",
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     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/enchanted-tools-delivers-mirokai-robot-to-its-first-customer/",
     "publisher": "The Robot Report",
     "date": "2026-03-01",
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     "url": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/enchanted-tools/__QblVSm_LNkHl4so3t2UKn0lp_IpZvVCWo8sW0feoBCI",
     "publisher": "Tracxn",
     "date": "2026-07-09",
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   "id": "niryo",
   "name": "Niryo",
   "hq_country": "FR",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-a",
   "founded": 2017,
   "funding_total_usd": 17900000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "French maker of affordable 6-axis collaborative robot arms, expanding from education and research into industrial automation and sovereign defense robotics.",
   "pitch_fr": "Fabricant français de bras robotiques collaboratifs 6 axes abordables, passant de l'éducation et de la recherche vers l'automatisation industrielle et la robotique souveraine de défense.",
   "notable_en": "Raised a further EUR 3 million state-backed loan in February 2026 to launch its industrial Nate platform, positioning itself as a sovereign robotics supplier for France's defense industry.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé un nouveau prêt de 3 millions d'euros soutenu par l'État en février 2026 pour lancer sa plateforme industrielle Nate, se positionnant comme fournisseur de robotique souveraine pour la défense française.",
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     "url": "https://nordic9.com/news/niryo-secured-3-million-in-funding/",
     "publisher": "Nordic 9",
     "date": "2026-02-10",
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     "url": "https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2023/10/6/collaborative-robot-arms-startup-niryo-raises-10-million-to-continue-international-expansion-push",
     "publisher": "Retail Technology Innovation Hub",
     "date": "2023-10-06",
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     "url": "https://niryo.com/sovereign-robotics-defense",
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     "date": "2026-06-01",
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   "name": "Agile Robots",
   "hq_country": "DE",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2018,
   "funding_total_usd": 250000000,
   "employees_approx": 3200,
   "pitch_en": "DLR spin-off building AI-driven force-sensing robot arms, dexterous hands and the Agile ONE industrial humanoid, unified by its AgileCore software platform.",
   "pitch_fr": "Spin-off du DLR concevant des bras robotiques à retour de force pilotés par IA, des mains dextres et l'humanoïde industriel Agile ONE, unifiés par sa plateforme logicielle AgileCore.",
   "notable_en": "Germany's first robotics unicorn (2021, $220 million Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, more than 3,200 employees); in June 2026 SoftBank was reported to be in early talks to anchor a new ~$800 million round, not yet confirmed as closed.",
   "notable_fr": "Première licorne robotique allemande (2021, série C de 220 millions de dollars menée par SoftBank Vision Fund 2, plus de 3 200 salariés) ; en juin 2026, SoftBank serait en pourparlers précoces pour mener un nouveau tour d'environ 800 millions de dollars, non confirmé à ce jour.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/agile-robots-closes-220m-series-c-funding/",
     "publisher": "The Robot Report",
     "date": "2021-09-15",
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     "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-02/softbank-in-early-talks-to-back-800-million-agile-robots-round",
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     "date": "2026-06-02",
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     "url": "https://www.agile-robots.com/en/news/detail/agile-robots-launches-humanoid-robot-for-industry-agile-one/",
     "publisher": "Agile Robots",
     "date": "2025-11-20",
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   "name": "Micropsi Industries",
   "hq_country": "DE",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-b",
   "founded": 2014,
   "funding_total_usd": 45000000,
   "employees_approx": 60,
   "pitch_en": "AI motion-guidance system (MIRAI) that lets industrial robots learn hand-eye coordinated tasks from human demonstration instead of being programmed.",
   "pitch_fr": "Système de guidage IA du mouvement (MIRAI) qui permet aux robots industriels d'apprendre des tâches de coordination main-œil par démonstration humaine plutôt que par programmation.",
   "notable_en": "Deployed at Siemens Energy, ZF Group and BSH; moved its corporate headquarters to San Francisco in September 2024 while keeping R&D in Berlin, after a $30 million Series B in February 2022.",
   "notable_fr": "Déployé chez Siemens Energy, ZF Group et BSH ; a transféré son siège social à San Francisco en septembre 2024 tout en gardant la R&D à Berlin, après une série B de 30 millions de dollars en février 2022.",
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     "date": "2022-02-10",
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     "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/micropsi-industries",
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     "date": "2026-07-09",
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     "url": "https://www.micropsi-industries.com/product",
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     "date": "2026-07-09",
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   "id": "robco",
   "name": "RobCo",
   "hq_country": "DE",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2020,
   "funding_total_usd": 157000000,
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   "pitch_en": "Modular, rapidly deployable robot arm platform that lets small and midsize manufacturers automate production without custom integration.",
   "pitch_fr": "Plateforme de bras robotiques modulaires et rapidement déployables qui permet aux PME industrielles d'automatiser leur production sans intégration sur mesure.",
   "notable_en": "Raised a $100 million Series C in January 2026 (Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lingotto Innovation co-leading) to advance its physical AI roadmap and expand US enterprise deployments, bringing total funding to roughly $157 million.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé une série C de 100 millions de dollars en janvier 2026 (co-menée par Lightspeed Venture Partners et Lingotto Innovation) pour faire avancer sa feuille de route d'IA physique et étendre ses déploiements aux États-Unis, portant le financement total à environ 157 millions de dollars.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/01/30/robco-raises-100m-in-series-c-funding-to-scale-its-autonomous-industrial-robotics-platform/",
     "publisher": "The AI Insider",
     "date": "2026-01-30",
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     "date": "2026-01-29",
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     "url": "https://www.rob.co/en-us/company/about-robco",
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     "date": "2026-07-09",
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   "name": "Filics",
   "hq_country": "DE",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "amr-logistics",
   "stage": "series-a",
   "founded": 2019,
   "funding_total_usd": 15900000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Flat, low-profile autonomous mobile robots that slide under pallets to move up to 1.2 tons, saving up to 30 percent of warehouse floor space.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robots mobiles autonomes plats et surbaissés qui se glissent sous les palettes pour déplacer jusqu'à 1,2 tonne, économisant jusqu'à 30 % de la surface d'entrepôt.",
   "notable_en": "Closed a EUR 13.5 million round in July 2025 backed by the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, with Bosch, DHL and Nagel Group already testing the platform ahead of a 2026 European rollout.",
   "notable_fr": "A bouclé un tour de 13,5 millions d'euros en juillet 2025 soutenu par l'Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, avec Bosch, DHL et Nagel Group déjà en phase de test avant un déploiement européen prévu en 2026.",
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     "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/07/german-robotics-company-filics-secures-e13-5-million-to-expand-and-roll-out-its-robotics-platform/",
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     "date": "2025-07-15",
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     "url": "https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/amazon-backs-filics-15-8m-round-warehouse-automation/",
     "publisher": "Automated Warehouse",
     "date": "2025-07-16",
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     "url": "https://www.agvnetwork.com/news/eur13-5m-for-filics-the-flat-amr-platform-challenging-pallet-transport-rules",
     "publisher": "AGV Network",
     "date": "2025-07-17",
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   "name": "Kewazo",
   "hq_country": "DE",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "amr-logistics",
   "stage": "series-a",
   "founded": 2016,
   "funding_total_usd": 35000000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Autonomous LIFTBOT hoist that automates material handling on scaffolding and construction sites, replacing manual lifting and cranes.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robot de levage autonome LIFTBOT qui automatise la manutention sur les chantiers d'échafaudage et de construction, en remplacement des grues et du levage manuel.",
   "notable_en": "Raised $16 million in a March 2026 Series A extension (Chevron Technology Ventures and Asahi Kasei among backers), bringing total funding to $35 million; LIFTBOT is deployed at more than 20 industrial sites in Europe and North America.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé 16 millions de dollars lors d'une extension de série A en mars 2026 (avec Chevron Technology Ventures et Asahi Kasei parmi les investisseurs), portant le financement total à 35 millions de dollars ; LIFTBOT est déployé sur plus de 20 sites industriels en Europe et en Amérique du Nord.",
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     "url": "https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/03/20/industrial-robotics-company-kewazo-raises-raises-total-of-35m-for-liftbot-backed-by-chevron-technology-ventures-asahi-kasei/",
     "publisher": "The AI Insider",
     "date": "2026-03-20",
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     "url": "https://www.finsmes.com/2026/03/kewazo-closes-funding.html",
     "publisher": "FinSMEs",
     "date": "2026-03-19",
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     "date": "2026-01-15",
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   "name": "mimic robotics",
   "hq_country": "CH",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "seed",
   "founded": 2024,
   "funding_total_usd": 18400000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "ETH Zurich spin-off developing AI-driven, human-like dexterous robotic hands trained directly from human demonstrations for industrial tasks.",
   "pitch_fr": "Spin-off de l'ETH Zurich développant des mains robotiques dextres pilotées par IA, entraînées directement à partir de démonstrations humaines pour des tâches industrielles.",
   "notable_en": "Raised EUR 13.8 million in seed funding in November 2025 (led by Elaia and Speedinvest), bringing total funding above EUR 17 million, to scale human-level dexterity for factory floors.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé 13,8 millions d'euros en amorçage en novembre 2025 (mené par Elaia et Speedinvest), portant le financement total au-delà de 17 millions d'euros, pour déployer une dextérité de niveau humain sur les lignes de production.",
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     "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/11/swiss-startup-mimic-lands-e13-8-million-to-deliver-robots-that-can-finally-do-what-people-do/",
     "publisher": "EU-Startups",
     "date": "2025-11-10",
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     "date": "2025-09-15",
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     "publisher": "Tech Funding News",
     "date": "2025-11-11",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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  {
   "id": "ascento",
   "name": "Ascento",
   "hq_country": "CH",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "safety-software",
   "stage": "pre-seed",
   "founded": 2018,
   "funding_total_usd": 4300000,
   "employees_approx": 33,
   "pitch_en": "Zurich-based wheel-legged patrol robot that performs autonomous outdoor security rounds as a robotics-as-a-service offering.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robot de patrouille à roues-jambes basé à Zurich, qui effectue des rondes de sécurité extérieures autonomes sous forme de service (robotics-as-a-service).",
   "notable_en": "An ETH Zurich spin-off founded in 2018, it raised a $4.3 million pre-seed round and launched its Ascento Guard robot, backed by Zoox founder Tim Kentley-Klay and Clearpath Robotics co-founder Ryan Gariepy.",
   "notable_fr": "Spin-off de l'ETH Zurich fondée en 2018, elle a levé un tour d'amorçage de 4,3 millions de dollars et lancé son robot Ascento Guard, avec le soutien du fondateur de Zoox Tim Kentley-Klay et du cofondateur de Clearpath Robotics Ryan Gariepy.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/ascento-launches-nimble-guard-robot-following-a-new-4-3m-funding-round/",
     "publisher": "The Robot Report",
     "date": "2023-09-11",
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     "url": "https://medium.com/playfair-capital-blog/why-we-invested-in-ascento-edc673f799a7",
     "publisher": "Playfair Capital Blog",
     "date": "2023-01-20",
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     "url": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ascento/__wOMKj3FOmUWjO-tP6P6luUPgNcbYvgqpYp5fFhO1XUU",
     "publisher": "Tracxn",
     "date": "2026-05-31",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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  {
   "id": "automata",
   "name": "Automata",
   "hq_country": "GB",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2015,
   "funding_total_usd": 152000000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Modular robotics, orchestration software and data infrastructure that turn pharma and biotech labs into programmable, AI-ready systems.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robotique modulaire, logiciel d'orchestration et infrastructure de données qui transforment les laboratoires pharma et biotech en systèmes programmables et prêts pour l'IA.",
   "notable_en": "Closed a $45 million Series C in early 2026 (led by Dimension, with a Danaher Ventures strategic partnership) to scale deployments across pharma, biotech and research organizations globally, bringing total funding to roughly $152 million.",
   "notable_fr": "A bouclé une série C de 45 millions de dollars début 2026 (menée par Dimension, avec un partenariat stratégique Danaher Ventures) pour étendre ses déploiements dans la pharma, la biotech et la recherche à l'échelle mondiale, portant le financement total à environ 152 millions de dollars.",
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     "url": "https://www.startupmag.co.uk/funding/automata-2026-seriesc-funding/",
     "publisher": "Startup Mag",
     "date": "2026-01-15",
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    {
     "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/03/lab-automation-and-robotics-startup-automata-raises-40m/",
     "publisher": "TechCrunch",
     "date": "2023-10-03",
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     "url": "https://www.automata.tech/about-us",
     "publisher": "Automata",
     "date": "2026-07-09",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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  {
   "id": "fizyr",
   "name": "Fizyr",
   "hq_country": "NL",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "seed",
   "founded": 2014,
   "funding_total_usd": 4440000,
   "employees_approx": 48,
   "pitch_en": "TU Delft spin-off providing AI vision software that lets industrial robots pick, stack, depalletize and unload trucks without hardware lock-in.",
   "pitch_fr": "Spin-off de TU Delft fournissant un logiciel de vision par IA qui permet aux robots industriels de saisir, empiler, dépalettiser et décharger des camions sans dépendance matérielle.",
   "notable_en": "Won the Amazon Picking Challenge in 2016 before pivoting to pure software in 2017; partnered with Cognibotics and Zivid in 2025 on an automated bin-picking solution used by global systems integrators.",
   "notable_fr": "A remporté l'Amazon Picking Challenge en 2016 avant de se recentrer sur le pur logiciel en 2017 ; s'est associée à Cognibotics et Zivid en 2025 pour une solution de bin picking automatisée utilisée par des intégrateurs mondiaux.",
   "sources": [
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     "publisher": "Tracxn",
     "date": "2026-04-26",
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     "url": "https://bits-chips.com/article/fizyr-finds-funding-for-international-growth/",
     "publisher": "Bits&Chips",
     "date": "2020-11-01",
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     "url": "https://www.fizyr.com/",
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     "date": "2026-07-09",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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  {
   "id": "makiina",
   "name": "MAKIINA",
   "hq_country": "FI",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "components-actuators",
   "stage": "seed",
   "founded": 2024,
   "funding_total_usd": null,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Finnish physical AI startup building a modular, low-cost hardware and software stack, actuators, sensors and a robotics foundation model, made in Finland.",
   "pitch_fr": "Start-up finlandaise d'IA physique construisant une pile matérielle et logicielle modulaire et abordable, actionneurs, capteurs et modèle de fondation robotique, fabriquée en Finlande.",
   "notable_en": "Founded in 2024 and backed by FOV Ventures among others, it has built dual-arm robotic systems for under $1,200 using in-house motors and actuators, benchmarked against Chinese alternatives on torque and cost.",
   "notable_fr": "Fondée en 2024 et soutenue notamment par FOV Ventures, elle a construit des systèmes robotiques à deux bras pour moins de 1 200 dollars grâce à des moteurs et actionneurs fabriqués en interne, comparés aux alternatives chinoises en couple et en coût.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://viewpoints.fov.ventures/p/10-early-stage-startups-to-watch-in-2026",
     "publisher": "FOV Ventures",
     "date": "2026-02-01",
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    {
     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/investor-makes-case-europe-new-frontier-physical-ai/",
     "publisher": "The Robot Report",
     "date": "2026-04-01",
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    {
     "url": "https://www.makiina.com/",
     "publisher": "MAKIINA",
     "date": "2026-07-09",
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   "id": "chef-robotics",
   "name": "Chef Robotics",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-a",
   "founded": 2019,
   "funding_total_usd": 65600000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "AI-enabled robotic arms that scoop and assemble ingredients on food production lines, addressing labor shortages in meal-kit and prepared-food plants.",
   "pitch_fr": "Bras robotiques pilotés par IA qui saisissent et assemblent les ingrédients sur les lignes de production alimentaire, face à la pénurie de main-d'œuvre dans les usines de plats préparés.",
   "notable_en": "Raised a $43.1 million Series A (equity and equipment financing) in April 2025, bringing total capital raised since its 2019 founding to about $65.6 million.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé une série A de 43,1 millions de dollars (fonds propres et financement d'équipement) en avril 2025, portant le capital total levé depuis sa création en 2019 à environ 65,6 millions de dollars.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://www.chefrobotics.ai/post/weve-raised-43-1m-to-accelerate-our-ai-enabled-robot-deployments",
     "publisher": "Chef Robotics",
     "date": "2025-04-03",
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    {
     "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/chef-robotics-raises-20point6-million-to-continue-building-ai-robot-arms.html",
     "publisher": "CNBC",
     "date": "2025-03-31",
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/chef-robotics-brings-in-43m-to-deploy-more-food-assembly-robots/",
     "publisher": "The Robot Report",
     "date": "2025-04-06",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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   "id": "dexterity",
   "name": "Dexterity",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2017,
   "funding_total_usd": 296000000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Dual-arm mobile manipulator robots (DexR, Mech) that load, unload and palletize in warehouses, built by a team of Stanford roboticists.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robots manipulateurs mobiles à deux bras (DexR, Mech) qui chargent, déchargent et palettisent dans les entrepôts, développés par une équipe de roboticiens de Stanford.",
   "notable_en": "Reached a $1.65 billion valuation after a $95 million round in March 2025 led by Lightspeed, with Sumitomo deploying 1,500 of its robots across Japan by 2026; total funding raised is about $296 million.",
   "notable_fr": "A atteint une valorisation de 1,65 milliard de dollars après un tour de 95 millions de dollars en mars 2025 mené par Lightspeed, Sumitomo déployant 1 500 de ses robots au Japon d'ici 2026 ; le financement total levé avoisine 296 millions de dollars.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/ai-robotics-startup-dexterity-lands-1-65-billion-valuation",
     "publisher": "Bloomberg",
     "date": "2025-03-11",
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    {
     "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/yet-another-ai-robotics-firm-lands-major-funding-as-dexterity-closes-latest-round/",
     "publisher": "TechCrunch",
     "date": "2025-03-11",
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://dexterity.ai/about",
     "publisher": "Dexterity",
     "date": "2026-07-09",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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  {
   "id": "ambi-robotics",
   "name": "Ambi Robotics",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-a",
   "founded": 2018,
   "funding_total_usd": 66700000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "UC Berkeley spin-off building AmbiSort, an AI-powered robotic arm system for parcel sorting in e-commerce and logistics warehouses.",
   "pitch_fr": "Spin-off de UC Berkeley développant AmbiSort, un système de bras robotiques piloté par IA pour le tri de colis dans les entrepôts e-commerce et logistique.",
   "notable_en": "Grew out of UC Berkeley's AUTOLab Dex-Net research; its deployed robot fleet had sorted over 100 million packages across US fulfillment hubs by 2024, after raising roughly $66.7 million total.",
   "notable_fr": "Issue des recherches Dex-Net du AUTOLab de UC Berkeley, sa flotte de robots déployée avait trié plus de 100 millions de colis dans des centres logistiques américains d'ici 2024, après avoir levé environ 66,7 millions de dollars au total.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/17/ambi-robotics-secures-32m-infusion-to-deploy-its-item-sorting-robots-in-warehouses/",
     "publisher": "TechCrunch",
     "date": "2022-10-17",
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    {
     "url": "https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/04/06/ambi-robotics-builds-robots-to-do-the-heavy-lifting",
     "publisher": "Berkeleyside",
     "date": "2026-04-06",
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.ambirobotics.com/company/",
     "publisher": "Ambi Robotics",
     "date": "2026-07-09",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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  {
   "id": "collaborative-robotics",
   "name": "Collaborative Robotics",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "amr-logistics",
   "stage": "series-b",
   "founded": 2022,
   "funding_total_usd": 140000000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Mobile cobot (Proxie) led by ex-Amazon Robotics VP Brad Porter, designed to work alongside humans in healthcare, logistics and defense settings.",
   "pitch_fr": "Cobot mobile (Proxie) dirigé par l'ex-vice-président d'Amazon Robotics Brad Porter, conçu pour travailler aux côtés des humains en santé, en logistique et en défense.",
   "notable_en": "Raised a $100 million Series B in 2023, bringing total funding to $140 million, with deployments at the Mayo Clinic, Maersk and the US Department of Defense.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé une série B de 100 millions de dollars en 2023, portant le financement total à 140 millions de dollars, avec des déploiements à la Mayo Clinic, chez Maersk et au sein du département de la Défense américain.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/26/collaborative-robotics-raises-30m-to-develop-and-deploy-novel-cobot/",
     "publisher": "TechCrunch",
     "date": "2023-07-26",
     "fields": [
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.calibratevc.com/blog/company-builders-brad-porter-ceo-and-founder-of-collaborative-robotics",
     "publisher": "Calibrate VC",
     "date": "2026-02-01",
     "fields": [
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     ]
    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.co.bot/news",
     "publisher": "Collaborative Robotics",
     "date": "2026-07-09",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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   "id": "cartken",
   "name": "Cartken",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "amr-logistics",
   "stage": "series-a",
   "founded": 2019,
   "funding_total_usd": 22500000,
   "employees_approx": 43,
   "pitch_en": "Former Google engineers' hardware-agnostic delivery and industrial robots (Courier, Hauler, Runner) using low-cost cameras instead of lidar.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robots de livraison et industriels agnostiques au matériel (Courier, Hauler, Runner) conçus par d'anciens ingénieurs de Google, utilisant des caméras à bas coût plutôt que du lidar.",
   "notable_en": "Pivoted in 2025 from sidewalk delivery toward indoor industrial robots; raised $22.5 million in aggregate funding backed by Magna, Mitsubishi Electric and Shell Ventures.",
   "notable_fr": "A pivoté en 2025 de la livraison sur trottoir vers les robots industriels d'intérieur ; a levé 22,5 millions de dollars au total, avec le soutien de Magna, Mitsubishi Electric et Shell Ventures.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://www.cartken.com/press-release/cartken-announces-22-5m-in-aggregate-funding-to-advance-ai-based-technology-stack-enabling-autonomous-delivery-robots",
     "publisher": "Cartken",
     "date": "2024-07-03",
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    {
     "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/20/why-cartken-pivoted-its-focus-from-last-mile-delivery-to-industrial-robots/",
     "publisher": "TechCrunch",
     "date": "2025-07-20",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.cartken.com/about-us",
     "publisher": "Cartken",
     "date": "2026-03-31",
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   ],
   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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  {
   "id": "gelsight",
   "name": "GelSight",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "tactile-sensing",
   "stage": "series-b",
   "founded": 2011,
   "funding_total_usd": null,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "MIT spin-off making GelSight tactile fingertip sensors that give robotic grippers and humanoid hands human-level sense of touch.",
   "pitch_fr": "Spin-off du MIT concevant les capteurs tactiles GelSight, qui donnent aux pinces robotiques et aux mains d'humanoïdes un sens du toucher de niveau humain.",
   "notable_en": "Founded in 2011 by vision scientist Edward Adelson; won a Phase II US Air Force SBIR contract in March 2026 (about $2.5 million) to miniaturize its tactile sensor for defense-grade robotic grasping.",
   "notable_fr": "Fondée en 2011 par le chercheur en vision Edward Adelson, elle a remporté un contrat SBIR Phase II de l'US Air Force en mars 2026 (environ 2,5 millions de dollars) pour miniaturiser son capteur tactile destiné à la préhension robotique de niveau défense.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/3d-imaging-system-innovator-gelsight-raises-10m-in-series-b-funding-round-300992469.html",
     "publisher": "PR Newswire",
     "date": "2020-01-24",
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.gelsight.com/gelsight-air-force-sbir-robotic-tactile-sensors/",
     "publisher": "GelSight",
     "date": "2026-03-10",
     "fields": [
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.gelsight.com/a-helping-hand-mits-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-boosts-sensor-tech-startup/",
     "publisher": "GelSight",
     "date": "2026-07-09",
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    }
   ],
   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
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   "id": "bright-machines",
   "name": "Bright Machines",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2018,
   "funding_total_usd": 400000000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Software-defined manufacturing platform combining computer vision, AI and adaptive robotics to automate flexible electronics assembly lines.",
   "pitch_fr": "Plateforme de fabrication pilotée par logiciel combinant vision par ordinateur, IA et robotique adaptative pour automatiser des lignes d'assemblage électronique flexibles.",
   "notable_en": "Raised a $126 million Series C in 2024 backed by BlackRock, NVIDIA and Microsoft, bringing total funding to $400 million to expand its assembly software stack and microfactory model.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé une série C de 126 millions de dollars en 2024 avec le soutien de BlackRock, NVIDIA et Microsoft, portant le financement total à 400 millions de dollars pour étendre sa pile logicielle d'assemblage et son modèle de microusine.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bright-machines-raises-126m-series-c-funding-to-propel-manufacturing-into-software-defined-era-302181151.html",
     "publisher": "PR Newswire",
     "date": "2024-06-11",
     "fields": [
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/bright-machines-plans-microfactory-innovations-126m-funding/",
     "publisher": "The Robot Report",
     "date": "2024-06-12",
     "fields": [
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      "notable_fr"
     ]
    },
    {
     "url": "https://alejandrocremades.com/amar-hanspal/",
     "publisher": "Alejandro Cremades",
     "date": "2026-01-01",
     "fields": [
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      "pitch_fr"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "last_verified": "2026-07-09"
  },
  {
   "id": "xela-robotics",
   "name": "XELA Robotics",
   "hq_country": "JP",
   "region": "APAC",
   "category": "tactile-sensing",
   "stage": "seed",
   "founded": 2018,
   "funding_total_usd": null,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Waseda University spin-off making uSkin, a thin tri-axial tactile sensor array that retrofits onto robotic hands and humanoid grippers.",
   "pitch_fr": "Spin-off de l'université Waseda concevant uSkin, un réseau de capteurs tactiles tri-axiaux fin qui s'intègre aux mains robotiques et aux pinces d'humanoïdes.",
   "notable_en": "Founded in 2018 in Tokyo; integrated its uSkin sensors into the Tesollo DG-5F five-fingered robotic hand in late 2025 and was selected for Tokyo's SusHi Tech Global startup program in February 2026.",
   "notable_fr": "Fondée en 2018 à Tokyo, elle a intégré ses capteurs uSkin à la main robotique à cinq doigts Tesollo DG-5F fin 2025 et a été sélectionnée pour le programme de start-ups SusHi Tech Global de Tokyo en février 2026.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://xelarobotics.com/press-release/xela-robotics-unlocks-enhanced-automation-for-humanoid-and-industrial-robots/",
     "publisher": "XELA Robotics",
     "date": "2026-01-25",
     "fields": [
      "pitch_en",
      "pitch_fr",
      "notable_en"
     ]
    },
    {
     "url": "https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/01/05/xela-robotics-introduces-enhanced-automation-for-humanoid-and-industrial-robots/",
     "publisher": "The AI Insider",
     "date": "2026-01-05",
     "fields": [
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    },
    {
     "url": "https://www.tokyoupdates.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/post-1786/",
     "publisher": "Tokyo Metropolitan Government",
     "date": "2026-02-15",
     "fields": [
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  {
   "id": "encord",
   "name": "Encord",
   "hq_country": "GB",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "teleoperation-data",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2020,
   "funding_total_usd": 110000000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Data development platform that manages, curates, evaluates and annotates the massive video and sensor datasets used to train physical AI systems such as autonomous vehicles, robots and drones.",
   "pitch_fr": "Plateforme de développement de données qui gère, curate, évalue et annote les immenses jeux de données vidéo et capteurs utilisés pour entraîner les systèmes d'IA physique comme les véhicules autonomes, les robots et les drones.",
   "notable_en": "Raised a $60 million Series C in February 2026 (led by Wellington Management, joined by Y Combinator, CRV, N47, Crane Venture Partners and new backers Bright Pixel and Isomer Capital), bringing total funding to $110 million; its managed data volume grew from 1 to 5 petabytes in 18 months while serving 300+ physical AI teams including Toyota's Woven, Skydio and Zipline.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé une série C de 60 millions de dollars en février 2026 (menée par Wellington Management, rejointe par Y Combinator, CRV, N47, Crane Venture Partners et les nouveaux investisseurs Bright Pixel et Isomer Capital), portant le financement total à 110 millions de dollars ; son volume de données géré est passé de 1 à 5 pétaoctets en 18 mois, au service de plus de 300 équipes d'IA physique dont Woven (Toyota), Skydio et Zipline.",
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    {
     "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/26/physical-ai-data-infrastructure-startup-encord-lands-60m-accelerate-intelligent-robot-drone-development/",
     "publisher": "SiliconANGLE",
     "date": "2026-02-26",
     "fields": [
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      "notable_en",
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    {
     "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/02/london-based-encord-raises-e50-million-to-support-next-phase-of-physical-ai-deployment/",
     "publisher": "EU-Startups",
     "date": "2026-02-26",
     "fields": [
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     "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/encord",
     "publisher": "Y Combinator",
     "date": "2026-07-10",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
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   "id": "limx-dynamics",
   "name": "LimX Dynamics",
   "hq_country": "CN",
   "region": "APAC",
   "category": "humanoid",
   "stage": "series-b",
   "founded": 2022,
   "funding_total_usd": 296000000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Shenzhen-based maker of general-purpose humanoid and multi-form robots (TRON, Oli) paired with the LimX COSA embodied-intelligence operating system, giving legged robots reconfigurable limbs for both walking and manipulation.",
   "pitch_fr": "Fabricant chinois basé à Shenzhen de robots humanoïdes et multi-formes universels (TRON, Oli), associés au système d'exploitation d'intelligence incarnée LimX COSA, pour doter les robots à pattes de membres reconfigurables capables à la fois de marcher et de manipuler.",
   "notable_en": "Closed a $200 million Series B in February 2026 (Stone Venture, JD, Oriental Fortune Capital, Shangqi Capital, NIO Capital and Future Capital among backers), bringing total funding to roughly $296 million since its January 2022 founding by Wei Zhang and Li Zhang; its TRON 2 robot can be reconfigured between arm and leg use without hardware changes.",
   "notable_fr": "A bouclé une série B de 200 millions de dollars en février 2026 (avec Stone Venture, JD, Oriental Fortune Capital, Shangqi Capital, NIO Capital et Future Capital), portant le financement total à environ 296 millions de dollars depuis sa création en janvier 2022 par Wei Zhang et Li Zhang ; son robot TRON 2 peut être reconfiguré en bras ou en jambe sans modification matérielle.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/limx-dynamics-raises-200m-for-humanoid-robot-expansion/",
     "publisher": "The Robot Report",
     "date": "2026-02-03",
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    {
     "url": "https://cnevpost.com/2026/02/02/chinese-humanoid-robot-maker-limx-secures-200-million-in-series-b-funding/",
     "publisher": "CnEVPost",
     "date": "2026-02-02",
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     "url": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/limx-dynamics/__W2bePn04y7EH1nSURKyfL4vCpiReOf34NgWPqQe10Ws",
     "publisher": "Tracxn",
     "date": "2026-07-10",
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     "url": "https://technode.com/2026/02/03/limx-dynamics-raises-200-million-in-series-b-to-scale-humanoid-robotics/",
     "publisher": "TechNode",
     "date": "2026-02-03",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
   "events": [
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  {
   "id": "path-robotics",
   "name": "Path Robotics",
   "hq_country": "US",
   "region": "Americas",
   "category": "manipulation",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2018,
   "funding_total_usd": 370000000,
   "employees_approx": 175,
   "pitch_en": "AI-powered autonomous welding robots (Obsidian) that use computer vision and adaptive sensing to weld parts without pre-programmed paths, targeting the skilled-welder shortage in heavy manufacturing and shipbuilding.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robots de soudage autonomes pilotés par IA (Obsidian) qui utilisent la vision par ordinateur et une détection adaptative pour souder des pièces sans trajectoire prédéfinie, face à la pénurie de soudeurs qualifiés dans l'industrie lourde et la construction navale.",
   "notable_en": "Has raised roughly $370 million since 2018 from investors including Matter Venture Partners and Drive Capital (including a $100 million Series D in 2024); in February 2026 it signed a memorandum of understanding with America's largest military shipbuilder, HII, to integrate its Obsidian welding AI into Navy shipyards.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé environ 370 millions de dollars depuis 2018 auprès d'investisseurs dont Matter Venture Partners et Drive Capital (dont une série D de 100 millions de dollars en 2024) ; en février 2026, elle a signé un protocole d'accord avec HII, le plus grand constructeur naval militaire américain, pour intégrer son IA de soudage Obsidian dans les chantiers navals de la Marine.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://case.edu/news/cwru-startup-success-path-robotics-featured-new-york-times",
     "publisher": "Case Western Reserve University",
     "date": "2026-06-01",
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     "url": "https://www.ohiotechnews.com/path-robotics-deal-americas-largest-military-shipbuilder/",
     "publisher": "Ohio Tech News",
     "date": "2026-02-18",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://seaairspace.org/path-robotics-physical-ai-for-manufacturing/",
     "publisher": "Sea Air Space (Navy League)",
     "date": "2026-04-01",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
   "events": [
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  {
   "id": "stereolabs",
   "name": "Stereolabs",
   "hq_country": "FR",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "components-actuators",
   "stage": "acquired",
   "founded": 2010,
   "funding_total_usd": null,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "French pioneer of stereo depth cameras (ZED) and AI perception software that gives humanoids, mobile robots and autonomous systems real-time 3D understanding of their environment.",
   "pitch_fr": "Pionnier français des caméras stéréo de profondeur (ZED) et des logiciels de perception par IA qui donnent aux humanoïdes, robots mobiles et systèmes autonomes une compréhension 3D en temps réel de leur environnement.",
   "notable_en": "Founded in Montrouge near Paris in 2010 and having shipped more than 90,000 ZED cameras to over 10,000 customers, it was acquired by lidar maker Ouster in a cash-and-stock deal (about $35 million in cash plus 1.8 million shares) that closed in February 2026, forming what the companies call a world-leading physical AI sensing and perception platform.",
   "notable_fr": "Fondée à Montrouge près de Paris en 2010 et ayant livré plus de 90 000 caméras ZED à plus de 10 000 clients, elle a été rachetée par le fabricant de lidars Ouster dans le cadre d'un accord cash-and-stock (environ 35 millions de dollars en cash plus 1,8 million d'actions) finalisé en février 2026, formant ce que les deux entreprises présentent comme une plateforme de référence mondiale pour la perception de l'IA physique.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/lidar-maker-ouster-buys-vision-company-stereolabs-as-sensor-consolidation-continues/",
     "publisher": "TechCrunch",
     "date": "2026-02-09",
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     "url": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260209715094/en/Ouster-Acquires-StereoLabs-Creating-a-World-Leading-Physical-AI-Sensing-and-Perception-Company",
     "publisher": "Business Wire (Ouster)",
     "date": "2026-02-09",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/stereolabs-stereolabs-520325499",
     "publisher": "Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE/DINUM)",
     "date": "2026-07-10",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
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   "id": "synapticon",
   "name": "Synapticon",
   "hq_country": "DE",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "components-actuators",
   "stage": "series-c+",
   "founded": 2012,
   "funding_total_usd": null,
   "employees_approx": 85,
   "pitch_en": "Maker of SOMANET integrated servo drives and ACTILINK actuators, safety-certified (SIL3 PLe) motion-control building blocks for robot joints, humanoids, cobots and AGVs, built on a software-first design philosophy.",
   "pitch_fr": "Concepteur des servo-variateurs intégrés SOMANET et des actionneurs ACTILINK, briques de commande de mouvement certifiées sécurité (SIL3 PLe) pour les articulations de robots, humanoïdes, cobots et AGV, bâties sur une philosophie de conception logiciel-d'abord.",
   "notable_en": "Headquartered in Schönaich near Stuttgart with about 85 employees from 25 nations across offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai and Belgrade, it closed a double-digit-million-euro Series C in 2021-2022 (Stabilus, then ICT Capital) to expand its SOMANET and ACTILINK product lines for humanoid and cobot joints.",
   "notable_fr": "Basée à Schönaich près de Stuttgart avec environ 85 salariés de 25 nationalités répartis entre la Silicon Valley, Shanghai et Belgrade, elle a bouclé une série C à deux chiffres en millions d'euros en 2021-2022 (Stabilus puis ICT Capital) pour développer ses gammes SOMANET et ACTILINK destinées aux articulations d'humanoïdes et de cobots.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://pava.eu/en/transaktionen/synapticon_series-c-funding/",
     "publisher": "Pava Partners",
     "date": "2022-01-15",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.synapticon.com/en/company/about-us",
     "publisher": "Synapticon",
     "date": "2026-07-10",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.synapticon.com/en/newslist/synapticon-announces-new-financing-round",
     "publisher": "Synapticon",
     "date": "2023-07-05",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
   "events": [
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  {
   "id": "lightwheel",
   "name": "Lightwheel",
   "hq_country": "CN",
   "region": "APAC",
   "category": "simulation-tools",
   "stage": "series-b",
   "founded": 2023,
   "funding_total_usd": 147000000,
   "employees_approx": 125,
   "pitch_en": "Beijing-based physical AI infrastructure company building SimReady 3D assets, synthetic and egocentric human-demonstration data, and evaluation benchmarks (RoboFinals) that let robotics and embodied-AI teams train and test models without costly real-world data collection.",
   "pitch_fr": "Entreprise chinoise basée à Pékin d'infrastructure pour l'IA physique, qui construit des actifs 3D SimReady, des données synthétiques et de démonstration égocentrique, ainsi que des bancs d'évaluation (RoboFinals) permettant aux équipes de robotique et d'IA incarnée d'entraîner et de tester leurs modèles sans collecte coûteuse de données réelles.",
   "notable_en": "Raised roughly RMB 1 billion (about $147 million) across stacked Series A++/A+++ and Series B rounds in the first half of 2026, becoming what backers call the world's first unicorn in embodied data; more than 80 percent of the simulation assets used by leading embodied-AI teams reportedly originate from its platform, with partners including NVIDIA, Figure AI, Toyota and BYD.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé environ 1 milliard de RMB (soit environ 147 millions de dollars) au travers de tours empilés série A++/A+++ puis série B au premier semestre 2026, devenant ce que ses investisseurs présentent comme la première licorne mondiale de la donnée incarnée ; plus de 80 % des actifs de simulation utilisés par les principales équipes d'IA incarnée proviendraient de sa plateforme, avec des partenaires tels que NVIDIA, Figure AI, Toyota et BYD.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://equalocean.com/news/2026031121786-light-wheel-intelligence-raises-rmb-1b-build-physical-ai-infrastructure",
     "publisher": "EqualOcean",
     "date": "2026-03-11",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.trysignalbase.com/news/funding/lightwheel-secures-1470",
     "publisher": "Signalbase",
     "date": "2026-06-28",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/case-studies/lightwheel/",
     "publisher": "NVIDIA",
     "date": "2026-05-01",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
   "events": [
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   "id": "microagi",
   "name": "microagi",
   "hq_country": "DE",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "teleoperation-data",
   "stage": "series-a",
   "founded": 2023,
   "funding_total_usd": 63000000,
   "employees_approx": 44,
   "pitch_en": "Berlin embodied-AI data company that pays a global network of operators, and offers free apartment cleaning in New York through its Shift app, to record first-person, head-mounted camera footage of household chores for training home robots.",
   "pitch_fr": "Entreprise berlinoise de données pour l'IA incarnée qui rémunère un réseau mondial d'opérateurs, et propose du ménage gratuit à New York via son application Shift, pour enregistrer en caméra embarquée subjective les tâches ménagères destinées à entraîner des robots domestiques.",
   "notable_en": "Founded in 2023 and having raised $63 million including a Series A in 2026 (Hummingbird Ventures, Redalpine, LocalGlobe, Village Global), it runs a paid contributor network of more than 10,000 operators across 15 countries who earned over $5 million in Q1 2026 alone, and its May 2026 Shift cleaning-for-data launch in New York sold out its first 250 slots instantly.",
   "notable_fr": "Fondée en 2023 et ayant levé 63 millions de dollars dont une série A en 2026 (Hummingbird Ventures, Redalpine, LocalGlobe, Village Global), elle anime un réseau rémunéré de plus de 10 000 opérateurs dans 15 pays, qui ont touché plus de 5 millions de dollars au premier trimestre 2026, et le lancement en mai 2026 de son offre de ménage contre données Shift à New York a vu ses 250 premiers créneaux réservés instantanément.",
   "sources": [
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     "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/05/29/2026/ai-startup-offers-free-home-cleaning-to-train-its-robots",
     "publisher": "Semafor",
     "date": "2026-05-29",
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     "url": "https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/microagi",
     "publisher": "StartupHub.ai",
     "date": "2026-07-10",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/shift-offers-free-nyc-cleanings-for-robot-training-45a1533e",
     "publisher": "Let's Data Science",
     "date": "2026-06-01",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://rocketreach.co/microagi-profile_b696a4dec986bb9b",
     "publisher": "RocketReach",
     "date": "2026-07-10",
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   "id": "allonic",
   "name": "Allonic",
   "hq_country": "HU",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "components-actuators",
   "stage": "pre-seed",
   "founded": 2025,
   "funding_total_usd": 7200000,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "Budapest-based robotics manufacturing startup building a 3D Tissue Braiding platform that automates production of humanlike robot bodies, weaving load-bearing fibers and integrating actuators and tendons directly around a skeletal scaffold.",
   "pitch_fr": "Start-up hongroise de fabrication robotique basée à Budapest qui développe une plateforme de tissage 3D de tissus (3D Tissue Braiding) automatisant la production de corps de robots humanoïdes, en tissant des fibres porteuses et en intégrant actionneurs et tendons directement autour d'une ossature squelettique.",
   "notable_en": "Raised $7.2 million in pre-seed funding in February 2026, the largest pre-seed round in Hungarian history (led by Visionaries Club, with Day One Capital, PROTOTYPE, RoboStrategy and SDAC Ventures, plus angel investors including OpenAI and Hugging Face executives); founded in 2025 by Benedek Tasi, David Pelyva and David Hollo.",
   "notable_fr": "A levé 7,2 millions de dollars en amorçage en février 2026, le plus gros tour de pré-seed jamais réalisé en Hongrie (mené par Visionaries Club, avec Day One Capital, PROTOTYPE, RoboStrategy et SDAC Ventures, ainsi que des business angels dont des dirigeants d'OpenAI et Hugging Face) ; fondée en 2025 par Benedek Tasi, Dávid Pelyva et Dávid Holló.",
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     "url": "https://techfundingnews.com/allonic-raises-7-2m-robotics-manufacturing/",
     "publisher": "Tech Funding News",
     "date": "2026-02-10",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/02/with-openai-backing-allonic-raises-e6-million-for-robotic-body-manufacturing-platform/",
     "publisher": "EU-Startups",
     "date": "2026-02-12",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.robotics247.com/article/allonic-raises-7.2m-to-build-a-foundation-for-advanced-robotic-hardware",
     "publisher": "Robotics 24/7",
     "date": "2026-02-10",
     "fields": [
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
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   "name": "Scallog",
   "hq_country": "FR",
   "region": "EMEA",
   "category": "amr-logistics",
   "stage": "seed",
   "founded": 2013,
   "funding_total_usd": null,
   "employees_approx": null,
   "pitch_en": "French goods-to-person warehouse robotics: fleets of Boby mobile robots carry whole shelving units to picking stations, cutting operator walking distance and densifying storage without heavy infrastructure.",
   "pitch_fr": "Robotique logistique française « goods to person » : des flottes de robots mobiles Boby apportent les étagères complètes aux stations de picking, réduisant les kilomètres parcourus par les opérateurs et densifiant le stockage sans infrastructure lourde.",
   "notable_en": "Appointed Jean-Luc Imhof, former CEO France, Benelux and Maghreb of KUKA, as managing director in December 2025 to scale internationally; deployed its goods-to-person system at Chalhoub Group's Dubai warehouse with SPAN in early 2026, its first Middle East installation.",
   "notable_fr": "A nommé Jean-Luc Imhof, ex-CEO France, Benelux et Maghreb de KUKA, directeur général en décembre 2025 pour accélérer à l'international ; a déployé début 2026 son système goods to person dans l'entrepôt de Chalhoub Group à Dubaï avec SPAN, sa première installation au Moyen-Orient.",
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   "last_verified": "2026-07-10",
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     "url": "https://www.faq-logistique.com/Actualites-Levee-De-Fonds.htm/CP20150611-Scallog-Levee-1.7-milion-Euros.htm",
     "publisher": "FAQ Logistique (communiqué Scallog)",
     "date": "2015-06-11",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.scallog.com/fr/afin-daccelerer-sa-croissance-scallog-confie-sa-direction-generale-a-jean-luc-imhof/",
     "publisher": "Scallog (communiqué)",
     "date": "2026-01-21",
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     "publisher": "Supply Chain Magazine",
     "date": "2026-01-21",
     "fields": [
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    {
     "url": "https://www.faq-logistique.com/Scallog.htm",
     "publisher": "FAQ Logistique",
     "date": "2026-02-16",
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