Presto
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Digital meets physical for big chain restaurants
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Robotics Startups
This list has 355 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 91 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (180), Los Angeles (22), and New York (14). Largest teams: Cruise, Embark Trucks, and Opentrons. Latest round: Uvi raised $7.5M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Rigetti Computing
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Quantum coherent supercomputing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Embark Trucks
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Self-driving semi trucks.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
We make robots for biologists.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
May Mobility
Hiring
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Transforming cities and rural areas through AV transit and technology
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HQ: Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Robotics for wind turbine maintenance.
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HQ: Riga, Latvia
Gecko Robotics
Hiring
What they do:
AI + Robotics for the Built World
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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Inspection software for renewable energy & sustainable infrastructure
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Robotic Process Automation and Document Processing Platform
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
Pop Meals
Hiring
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Pop Meals is a restaurant chain without chefs. All recipes are…
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HQ: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Encord
Hiring
What they do:
The data layer for physical AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Powering a better future for textiles.
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One-stop-shop for restaurants to operate and grow their business.
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CircuitHub
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On-Demand Electronics Manufacturing
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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$25.5M · Equity · May 2026
What they do:
Making car ownership and management frictionless.
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HQ: Nashville, TN, United States
Multiply Labs
Hiring
What they do:
Robotic production capacity for the pharma manufacturing industry
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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$75M · Series B · Oct 2026
Human Archive
Hiring
What they do:
Physical AI data lab
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots for longer-lasting, better-tasting fish at scale.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Ultra Robotics Corp. today announced that it has raised $62 million in funding over two rounds. Fortune reported that the company received the bulk of the capital, $50 million, through a Series A investment led by…
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$62M · Series A · Oct 2026
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Mecka AI collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots. The startup pays people to record everyday tasks.
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$60M · Oct 2026
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Hamburg-based software company Procuros has raised €20 million in aSeries A funding round to further develop its AI-native supply chainconnectivity platform and expand internationally. The round was l...
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€20M · Series A · Oct 2026
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Causa Prima, a companydeveloping an autonomous finance platform for businesses, has raised $20million in a seed funding round led by Base10 Partners. The round also sawparticipation from QED Investors...
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$20M · Pre-seed · Oct 2026
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Semiconductor startupUbitium has raised $14 million in new seed funding to develop its universalprocessor for autonomous machines and other physical AI applications. The roundwas led by Ibex Investors...
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$14M · Seed · Oct 2026
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Inbolt, a Paris-based robot intelligence company that enables robots to see, think, and adapt in real time, has raised €11 million to fund US and APAC expansion and entry into data centres and electronics…
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€11M · Sep 2026
Morphle Labs
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Robotic Automation for cancer diagnostics - Robotic Microscopes &…
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A startup called Evos said today it has raised $9 million in pre-seed funding to spearhead the adoption of artificial intelligence-based automation within smaller businesses by learning from their most valuable…
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$9M · Pre-seed · Oct 2026
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Warehouse robotics software startup Destro AI Inc. has raised $8 million in new funding to bring its platform for coordinating mixed robot fleets to more enterprise warehouses, using the funds partly to hire more…
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$8M · Sep 2026
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Agentic artificial intelligence startup Uvi said today it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to tackle an expensive problem around business context that’s draining millions of dollars annually from the coffers…
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$7.5M · Seed · Oct 2026
Atomic Industries
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Software orchestrated mass production of plastics
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HQ: Cleveland, OH, United States
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Lithuania’s Blackswan Space, has successfully closed its second investment round, led by Iron Wolf Capital, raising €2.5 million. Together with the company’s pre-seed round, its total funding now amou...
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€2.5M · Pre-seed · Sep 2026
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Danish-Lithuanian Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer MNP Technologijos, operating under the Monopulse brand, has raised over €2 million from investors in Lithuania and abroad. Investors included Co...
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€2M · Oct 2026
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Czech technology company FLÆ Roboticshas raised more than €1 million in seed funding from Purple Ventures and Garage Angels to further develop its AI-powered hospitality platform, BE-A, andsupport int...
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€1M · Seed · Oct 2026
Nox Metals
Hiring
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Supplying America's Industrial Base
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HQ: Detroit, MI, United States
What they do:
Physical AI for Warehouses and Factories
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Volta Labs, Inc.
Hiring
What they do:
Unlocking the utility of genomics for the world.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Soraban
Hiring
What they do:
AI tax workflow platform for accounting firms
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HQ: Tempe, AZ, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 355 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
91 of them are hiring right now, including May Mobility, Gecko Robotics, and Pop Meals.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Cruise (3,000 employees), Embark Trucks (300 employees), and Opentrons (300 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: Uvi — $7.5M Seed (Oct 2026), Evos — $9M Pre-seed (Oct 2026), and FLÆ Robotics — €1M Seed (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (180), Los Angeles (22), and New York (14).