Aktoria Robotics
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What they do:
Human as API for robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Manufacturing and Robotics Startups
This list has 161 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 54 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (99), Los Angeles (9), and New York (8). Largest teams: Gecko Robotics, SRTX, and Human Archive. Latest round: Multiply Labs raised $75M (Oct 7, 2026).
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Humanoids to restock retail shelves & pick orders
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HQ: Switzerland
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The spot market for semiconductors
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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We make robots that move boxes in warehouses
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Automating airport baggage handling with robots.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S24Early stage
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Humanoid robots that do your chores for the price of an iPhone!
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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AI-powered robotics for scientific lab automation.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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The most capable American-made humanoid robot for $1,688
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Metal manufacturing, faster, cheaper, and more versatile.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
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Annotations for robotics data
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Nervous System for Physical AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots for waste manipulation
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
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Robots for high skilled labor powering AI infrastructure
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Real-time cloud inference for robotics.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Enable robots to operate safely in the real world.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Skyscrape makes temperature-responsive insulation
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HQ: Portland, OR, United States
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Gigascale Nanomanufacturing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Datadog for industrial robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robots that repair roads
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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We assemble PCBs in under 48 hours for quantities under 10
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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AI for the physical world
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Large-scale real-world robot & human data for embodied AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Machine intelligence for American Welding
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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AI-automated factory for PCBAs
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Building the Data Infrastructure layer for Physical AI.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Reliable infrastructure to build, deploy and manage real-world robots.
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HQ: Denver, CO, United States
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Evals for robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Embodied Scientific Intelligence
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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100% automated inspection for consumer electronics parts
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Datadog for robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Robotic Training Data at Scale
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
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Quick-turn bent tube shop for aerospace, energy, industrials
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Robots for the inspection and maintenance of data centers
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
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Life sciences reagents and software
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
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Next generation robot deployer
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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AI-Native Data Center Engineering
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States