Startups

Bright Machines

United States

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.

Updated 2026-07-10 · Last verified 2026-07-09

CountryUS
CategoryManipulation
Stageseries C+
Founded2,018
Funding (USD)$400M
What they doSoftware-defined manufacturing platform combining computer vision, AI and adaptive robotics to automate flexible electronics assembly lines.

Sources : PR Newswire (2024-06-11)The Robot Report (2024-06-12)Alejandro Cremades (2026-01-01)

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Christian Verbrugge

Christian Verbrugge · D·Fairy

Bringing a physical AI solution into European industry?

15 years at KUKA on automotive OEM programs (€100M), now focused on edge AI and autonomous agents. I support robotics and embodied AI companies on their EMEA market entry: OEM and Tier 1 access, co-funded pilots, AI Act readiness.

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