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microagi

Germany

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.

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

CountryDE
CategoryTeleoperation and data
Stageseries A
Founded2,023
Funding (USD)$63M
What they doBerlin 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.
Headcount44
Seen atMACHINA 2026

Sources : Semafor (2026-05-29)StartupHub.ai (2026-07-10)Let's Data Science (2026-06-01)RocketReach (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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