AI Startup Intelligence
Robotics and Embodied AI Startups
Compare robotics and embodied AI companies building autonomous systems, industrial robotics, humanoids, perception, and physical automation.
Companies tracked: 281Key segments: industrial robotics, humanoids, autonomous systemsUpdated: August 15, 2026
Robotics AI Market Snapshot
281
tracked companies
8
visible location clusters
8
funding signals surfaced
Embodied AI is gaining momentum where foundation-model progress meets labor scarcity, warehouse automation, and industrial deployment budgets.
Representative Companies
A crawler-visible sample of companies from the AI Market Watch database.
| Company | Location | Funding | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxea AI Founded 2023 | Suzhou, China | Approximately RMB 5 billion | Intelligent robot technology company specializing in humanoid robots with embodied intelligence. |
| X-Humanoid Founded 2023 | Beijing, China | $100M | State-backed Beijing humanoid robotics innovation center developing the 'Tiangong' (Embodied Tien Kung) general-purpose humanoid robot platform and the 'Huisi Kaiwu' embodied AI platform. |
| Bedrock Robotics Founded 2024 | San Francisco, USA | $350.0M | An AI and robotics company developing autonomous retrofit systems and fleet coordination software to transform heavy construction machinery into self-operating equipment. |
| Realbotix Founded 2020 | Toronto, Canada | $15,800,000 | A leader in AI-powered humanoid robotics that combines hyper-realistic physical forms with proprietary 'relationship-based AI' to provide companionship, entertainment, and commercial services. |
| Now Robotics (NAU Robotics) Founded 2016 | Incheon, South Korea | $17.0M | Korean industrial robotics manufacturer (KOSDAQ-listed) expanding into AI-powered humanoid robots for factory and logistics use. |
| Destinus Founded 2021 | Valkenburg, Netherlands | €400.0M | A European defense technology company building scalable autonomous strike, cruise missile, and air-defence interceptor systems at industrial tempo. |
| Terra Founded 2024 | Abuja, Nigeria | $34M | A vertically integrated defense technology company (Africa's first 'Defense Prime') that designs and manufactures autonomous robotic systems, including UAVs and AI-powered surveillance hardware, locally in Nigeria. |
| Octobotics Founded 2020 | Noida, India | $1.1M | AI-enabled robotic platforms designed for autonomous non-destructive testing (NDT) and maintenance in hazardous industrial environments like maritime and oil & gas. |
| AheadForm Founded 2024 | Shanghai, China | >$100M | AheadForm (Shouxing Technology) develops hyper-realistic bionic humanoid robot heads and emotional interaction systems designed to solve the 'Uncanny Valley' effect through AI-driven facial expressions and empathetic co-expression. |
| PokeBot Founded 2026 | Beijing, China | $130M | Beijing-based embodied-AI startup building general-purpose household robots for tasks like cooking and clothes folding, founded by Tsinghua IIIS professor Xu Huazhe. |
| LISSOME Founded 2021 | Ningbo, China | $8M+ | An ultra-compact, AI-driven portable countertop dishwasher designed to deliver high-pressure industrial-grade cleaning in 15 minutes without requiring plumbing installation. |
| Deft Robotics Founded 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States | Seed | Systems integrator deploying wheeled humanoid robots and robot foundation models to automate the hardest-to-automate 'last 20%' of factory tasks for automotive and electronics manufacturers. |
| Allonic Founded 2025 | Budapest, Hungary | $7.2M | Robotics manufacturing startup building an automated platform to produce complex, dexterous robotic bodies via its proprietary 3D Tissue Braiding process. |
| R3 Robotics Founded 2021 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | $23.6M | Luxembourg-based robotics company building AI-powered automated disassembly platforms for electric vehicle systems and lithium-ion batteries. |
| Skyryse Founded 2016 | El Segundo, California, USA | $605.0M | Skyryse builds SkyOS, a universal flight-control operating system that automates and simplifies flying across helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. |
| Sentigent Technology Founded 2024 | Suzhou, China | $18.5M | A high-performance outdoor companion robot designed to assist and interact with users in unstructured environments such as hiking trails, campsites, and family outdoor activities. |
| Mbodi AI Founded 2024 | New York, USA | $500K | An embodied AI platform that enables industrial robots to learn new skills through natural language and demonstrations, eliminating the need for coding or engineering expertise |
| Orangewood Labs Founded 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States | $4.65M | Orangewood Labs builds the world's most affordable AI-powered robotic arms that can be programmed using natural language (RoboGPT), making industrial automation accessible to small and medium businesses. |
| Foundation Future Industries, Inc. Founded 2024 | San Francisco, USA | $11.0M | An advanced robotics startup building 'Phantom,' a humanoid robot powered by a 'physics-action' foundation model designed to solve global labor shortages and address high-risk defense scenarios. |
| Skild AI Founded 2023 | Pittsburgh, USA | ~$1.83B–$2B+ total (all rounds) | A robotics AI company developing a general-purpose foundation model (the 'Skild Brain') designed to empower diverse robot hardware with human-like adaptability and intelligence. |
Funding Signals
Galaxea AI
Series B
Investors: ["Baidu Ventures","GSR Ventures","IDG Capital","Capital Today","Dragonball Capital","Meituan","Ant Group"]
X-Humanoid
Venture Round
Investors: ["Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund","E-Town Capital (E-Town Investment)","TH Capital","Baidu","Kyland Technology","Beijing High-End Fund"]
Bedrock Robotics
Series B
Investors: ["CapitalG","Valor Atreides AI Fund","NVentures (NVIDIA)","8VC","Eclipse","Emergence Capital","Xora","Tishman Speyer","MIT","Georgian","Incharge Capital","C4 Ventures"]
Realbotix
Post-IPO Equity
Investors: ["Andrew Kiguel","Tokens.com Corp","Public Shareholders (TSXV)"]
Now Robotics (NAU Robotics)
IPO
Investors: ["KODIT (신용보증기금)","GNTech Ventures","Devsisters Ventures","Hana Securities","늘아이앤씨"]
Destinus
Debt Financing (€50.0M, Dec 2025)
Investors: ["Conny & Co","Quiet Capital","One Way Ventures","Liquid 2 Ventures","Cathexis Ventures","ACE & Company","Raison Asset Management"]
Terra
Seed
Investors: ["8VC","Lux Capital","Valor Equity Partners","SV Angel","Nova Global","Resilience17 Capital","Silent Ventures","Belief Capital","Tofino Capital","Kaleo Ventures","DFS Lab","Concept Ventures"]
Octobotics
Seed
Investors: ["Navam Capital","BYT Capital"]