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Wandercraft

France

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.

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

CountryFR
CategoryExoskeletons
Stageseries C+
Founded2,012
What they doBuilds self-balancing exoskeletons and, since 2025, industrial humanoid robots, extending medical rehabilitation technology into factory automation.

Sources : Wandercraft (2025-06-11)Sifted (2025-06-11)Usine Nouvelle (2026-05-01)Euro Financial Review (2025-06-14)Enerzine (2026-03-30)

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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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