14 Robotics & Hardware companies raised a combined $1.11B across 2 pre-seed, 2 seed, 10 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- Pete Florence is a former Google DeepMind researcher who helped architect the PaLM-E and RT-2 robotics models before co-founding Generalist AI.
- Jiaqiang Ye Zhu co-founded THEKER in 2022 after meeting his co-founder as an engineering student at UPC in Barcelona, where they ran the university robotics club.
- Zack Eakin previously worked as an engineer at Anduril Industries before co-founding Layup Parts.
The Robotics & Hardware sector saw 14 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $1.11B. The median round sits at $30M, with 29% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 71% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 14% of all Robotics & Hardware activity in 2026.
Geographically, Robotics & Hardware funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 10 of the 14 raises (71%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest Robotics & Hardware round in 2026 is Generalist AI's $400M series a, led by Pete Florence.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking Robotics & Hardware, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxonis luxonis.com | Series A | $14M | Bradley Dillon CEO | United States | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 2 | Invisix invisix.com | Seed | €20M | Christina Porter Co-founder & CEO | Netherlands | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 3 | Layup Parts layupparts.com | Series A | $42M | Zack Eakin Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 4 | Evotrex evotrex.com | Series A | $30M | Alex Xiao Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A Hardware Climate Tech | |
| 5 | Foundation Alloy foundationalloy.com | Series A | $22M | Jake Guglin Founder & CEO | United States | Series A Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 6 | Podium Automation podiumautomation.com | Series A | $18M | Jamie Niu Serota Co-Founder & CEO | United States | Series A Hardware B2B | |
| 7 | Evotrex evotrex.com | Series A | $30M | Alex Xiao Founder & CEO | United States | Series A Hardware B2C | |
| 8 | Orbital orbital.space | Seed | $5M | Euwyn Poon CEO & Founder | United States | Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 9 | Layup Parts layupparts.com | Series A | $42M | Zack Eakin CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Hardware B2B | |
| 10 | Invisible-Light Labs invisible-light-labs.com | Pre-Seed | €1.5M | Josiane P. Lafleur CEO & Co-founder | Austria | Pre-Seed Deep Tech Hardware | |
| 11 | THEKER theker.ai | Series A | $85M | Jiaqiang Ye Zhu CEO & Co-founder | Spain | Series A Hardware AI-Native | |
| 12 | Generalist AI generalistai.com | Series A | $400M | Pete Florence Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Deep Tech | |
| 13 | Generalist AI generalist.com | Series A | $400M | Pete Florence CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Hardware AI-Native | |
| 14 | Invisible-Light Labs invisible-light-labs.com | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Josiane P. Lafleur CEO & Co-founder | Austria | Pre-Seed Deep Tech Hardware |