69 Best Robotics Software Startups to Watch in 2026

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Robotics Software Startups

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There are 175 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $16.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $235.3m.

Last update to the database: Apr 21, 2026. See changelog.

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$1.3b

Money raised

Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.

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11

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$358.6m

Money raised

Mythic is a U.S-based artificial intelligence hardware and software company.

5

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$309.8m

Money raised

Mujin is a Tokyo, Japan-based technology company offering a platform to facilitate the autonomous movement of robots and industrial equipment The company's platform MujinController leverages a real-time digital twin and provides a suite of perception, planning, and control algorithms.

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$890.1m

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Lyra helps companies improve access to effective, high-quality mental health care for their employees.

8

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$354.4m

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Starship Technologies is an Estonian company developing small self-driving robotic delivery vehicles. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with engineering operations in Tallinn, Estonia, and a satellite team in Helsinki, Finland. Starship also has offices in London, UK, Germany, Washington, DC and Mountain View, California.

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$1.8b

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Automation Anywhere is a company developing cognitive Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software.

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5

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$232.0m

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An electronic manufacturing company with a focus on high-resolution LIDAR sensors. It was founded in 2015 and is located in San Francisco, California.

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$1.3b

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Momenta is a Beijing-based startup that designs software for autonomous vehicles.

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14

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$851.4m

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Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.

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5

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$400.0m

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WorkFusion is a New York-based software company that provides a platform with Robotic Process Automation(RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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$1.6b

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WeRide, formerly known as JingChi, is a Guangzhou, China-based smart mobility company developing L4 autonomous driving solutions.

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9

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$827.1m

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Operator of an on-demand transit company designed to provide car pooling services. The company's platform dynamically matches passengers with available seats, instead of entire vehicles, creating a virtual bus service, while keeping trip durations similar to a private taxi, enabling passengers to be picked up and dropped off in a continuous stream, without taking riders out of their way to accommodate other passengers.

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5

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$574.6m

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Epirus is an El Segundo, California-based technology company founded by Max Mednik.

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$58.0m

Money raised

Daedalean is building autonomous piloting software systems for civil aircraft of today and advanced aerial mobility of tomorrow.

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9

Funding Rounds

$344.0m

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LeddarTech is focused on the development of environmental sensing solutions for the automotive industry.

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5

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$108.3m

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RightHand Robotics is a company that provides the RightPick platform which combines advanced AI software with intelligent grippers and machine vision to ensure reliable throughput with seamless integrations.

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$70.0m

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Helm.ai is a start-up developing software for advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous driving, and robotics.

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$80.4m

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Rasa is a company that offers a conversational AI platform for customized conversations at scale.

7

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$128.9m

Money raised

Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.

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$59.8m

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Flytrex is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company founded by Yariv Bash in 2013.

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6

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$90.0m

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Digital surgery pioneer enabling collaborative surgery and empowering surgical systems to see what humans cannot see.

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5

Funding Rounds

$48.7m

Money raised

FarmWise is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2016 by Thomas Palomares.

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5

Funding Rounds

$92.0m

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A company offering a service engagement platform using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to digitally transform backend processes and conversational interfaces.

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$32.1m

Money raised

A company using artificial intelligence to create a platform for solving visual inspection challenges in industrial environments.

6

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$38.3m

Money raised

Algolux is a company founded by Allan Benchetrit and Felix Heide.

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$27.4m

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SLAMcore is a London-based company founded in 2016 by Jacek Zienkiewicz, Owen Nicholson, Andrew Davison, Stefan Leutenegger and Hanme Kim .

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4

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$964.2m

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Neuralink is a company that develops brain-computer interface (BCI) devices to assist people with paralysis and blindness and technologies that may expand the abilities of humans.

7

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$60.6m

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READY Robotics is a company developing an industrial brand-agnostic operating system (Forge/OS) for industrial robots and automation.

15

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$140.4m

Money raised

Synthace is a software company based out of London, UK, building automation software that gives biologists the ability to control and analyze the performance of lab hardware.

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$60.0m

Money raised

6

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$46.9m

Money raised

AirMap is a California-based drone industry company improving low-altitude-airspace infrastructure to help drone operators fly safely and legally.

6

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$53.9m

Money raised

Sight Machine's manufacturing software platform uses an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help improve quality and efficiency across a manufacturing enterprise.

5

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$32.0m

Money raised

Singularity University is a startup accelerator focusing on commercializing technologies developed in research facilities.

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$1.2b

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A company developing artificial intelligence-based technology designed for autonomous vehicles. It was founded in 2016 and is located in Fremont, California.

6

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$96.3m

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An artificial intelligence company developing deep reinforcement learning technology products for industrial automation.

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11

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$142.5m

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DroneDeploy is a cloud-based software that allows drones to take images and 3D models at any altitude.

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6

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$76.0m

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Simbe Robotics builds automation solutions for shelf auditing and analytics.

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25

Funding Rounds

$216.9m

Money raised

Sphero is an educational toy company founded in 2010 by Ian Bernstein.

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$106.3m

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Mocana is a San Francisco-based developer of cybersecurity software solutions to protect Internet of Things devices and industrial infrastructure.

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$55.0m

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A logistics company that uses technology to fulfill warehouse orders. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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1

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$179.0m

Money raised

A computer software company that creates products intended for the manufacturing industry. It is located in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2018.

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$345.4m

Money raised

Nauto is a Palo Alto, California-based company that develops fleet safety management hardware founded by Stefan Heck.

5

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$80.2m

Money raised

Humantics is a software company that was founded in 2015.

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$17.9m

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A robotic automation company making a robotic systems for changing car tires.

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3

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$61.7m

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Kespry provides a touchless drone-based aerial intelligence platform for organizations in a variety of industries.

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$30.0m

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Drivezy, formerly JustRide, is a marketplace for self-drive cars and two-wheeler rentals, headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

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$46.0m

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A technology company building products for enabling the autonomous operation of self-driving vehicles.

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$29.6m

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A company that provides a data platform for buildings and properties.

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2

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$38.5m

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Zendrive is a smartphone-based data analytics and transportation safety platform.

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5

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$23.6m

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STRAX Intelligence Group is a technology company.

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9

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$26.9m

Money raised

Droneshield is a company that offers security drones to its clients.

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$13.2m

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A software company that specializes in making products for the robotics industry. It was founded in 2018 and is located in San Francisco, California.

5

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$8.3m

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Skyward developed an operations management solution for commercial drone businesses. Acquired by Verizon.

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$9.7m

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Kittyhawk provides an enterprise-class platform for optimizing drone workflows.

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$17.0m

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Aerobotics is a company based in Cape Town, South Africa. The company specializes in image processing and machine learning.

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$16.4m

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Gamaya is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Ivanov Igor, Dragos Constantin and Yosef Akhtman.

2

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$16.3m

Money raised

Virtuoso is a London-based software development company offering a testing platform for web applications designed to reduce the need for manual interventions in testing and quality assurance.

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$3.9m

Money raised

Charles River Analytics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based R&D solutions provider in 1983.

1

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$3.0m

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Youper is an AI-based emotional health assistant company founded in 2016 by Jose Hamilton Vargas, Diego Dotta and Thiago Antonio Marafon.

2

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$4.5m

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A drone mapping company offering aerial drone mapping software.

1

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$3.5m

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TraceAir creates and develops software solutions using drone imaging to assist construction teams with creating a better picture of their projects.

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Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.

4

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$225.0k

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Fellow AI is a Mountain View Acres, California-based company providing computer vision and robotics solutions for automating supply chain tasks.

2

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$2.0m

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DroneAI is a company that focuses on drone navigation, founded by Nitya Singh.

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Motion Dispatch is a Software as a Service business that assists digital distributors reduce costs, founded by Brian Alvarez and Scott Schlichter.

1

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$437.5k

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Farmers Edge is a Winnipeg-based company founded in 2005 by Wade Barnes.

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$1.4m

Money raised

A company offering a still image and video analytics platform using computer vision.

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$250.0k

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Mission Control Space Services is a company that develops spacecraft operations, onboard autonomy, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and robotics

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$500.0k

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Swivl is a Menlo Park, California-based company founded in 2010.

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