9 Best Human Robot Interaction Startups to Watch in 2026

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Human Robot Interaction Startups

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There are 9 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $140.3m. The average funding per company in this subset is $15.6m.

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$21.7m

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Hanson Robotics is a Hong Kong-based AI and robotics company dedicated to creating socially intelligent machines.

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$28.0m

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Veo Robotics is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based company.

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$24.7m

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Misty Robotics is a Boulder, Colorado-based company founded in 2017 by Ian Bernstein.

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$10.0m

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Platform helping children with autism form connections through education.

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$8.7m

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Furhat Robotics is a conversational Al and Social Robotic development company.

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$17.2m

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Karakuri is revolutionising Quick Service (QSR) and Fast Casual restaurants with intelligent, robotic kitchen automation.

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$15.0m

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Robust.AI is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded by Gary Marcus.

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$3.0m

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Thunderbirds is an augmented reality virtual reality mixed reality generative AI frameworks platform & services provider.

$12.0m

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The Danish startup Flow Robotics builds a pipetting robot with a high degree of flexibility. Flowbot ONE is easy to set up and has a gentle learning curve. It supports a variety of liquid handling tasks, such as serial dilutions, sample normalization, sample dispensing, screening, and sample preparation for analytical tasks. It easily adapts to new

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