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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.

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

CountryGB
CategoryTeleoperation and data
Stageseries C+
Founded2,020
Funding (USD)$110M
What they doData 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.
Seen atMACHINA 2026

Sources : SiliconANGLE (2026-02-26)EU-Startups (2026-02-26)Y Combinator (2026-07-10)

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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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