69 Best Robotics Software Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Robotics Software Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 190 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $16.7b. The average funding per company in this subset is $242.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Neuralink

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.

3

Funding Rounds

$364.2m

Money raised

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READY Robotics

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

7

Funding Rounds

$60.6m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$60.0m

Money raised

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Charles River Analytics

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

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

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AirMap

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

6

Funding Rounds

$46.9m

Money raised

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Lyra Health

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

8

Funding Rounds

$890.1m

Money raised

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Sight Machine

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

6

Funding Rounds

$53.9m

Money raised

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Singularity University

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

5

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised

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Boston Dynamics

An engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company is engaged in the creation of robots and the development of software to simulate human behavior. Among the clients are SpaceX and the US Army.

1

Funding Rounds

$37.0m

Money raised

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Volocopter

An aerospace company that designs electric air taxis. It was founded in 2011 and is located in Bruchsal, Germany.

7

Funding Rounds

$543.5m

Money raised

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Hylio

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

1

Funding Rounds

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Kryon (company)

Kryon offers a robotic process automation-as-a-service (RPAaaS) and analytics solution for businesses of any size.

3

Funding Rounds

$53.0m

Money raised

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Helm.ai (company)

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

3

Funding Rounds

$70.0m

Money raised

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Drivezy

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

2

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

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Starship Technologies

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.

8

Funding Rounds

$354.4m

Money raised

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Zipline (company)

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

10

Funding Rounds

$704.5m

Money raised

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Zoox

Zoox is a robotics company developing autonomous vehicle fleet using the technology of robotics and machine learning.

5

Funding Rounds

$1.0b

Money raised

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Automation Anywhere

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

6

Funding Rounds

$1.8b

Money raised

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Pony.ai

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

9

Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

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Voyage Auto

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

2

Funding Rounds

$46.0m

Money raised

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Rasa (Company)

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

6

Funding Rounds

$80.4m

Money raised

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Ouster

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

5

Funding Rounds

$232.0m

Money raised

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BetterView

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

11

Funding Rounds

$29.6m

Money raised

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Dedrone

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

7

Funding Rounds

$128.9m

Money raised

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Osaro

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

6

Funding Rounds

$96.3m

Money raised

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Momenta (company)

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

14

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

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Fellow AI

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

4

Funding Rounds

$225.0k

Money raised

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Babylon Health

Babylon Health is a global subscription telemedicine service provider.

9

Funding Rounds

$674.9m

Money raised

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DroneDeploy

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

11

Funding Rounds

$142.5m

Money raised

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Youper

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

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Bark (company)

A software company that specializes in making products that monitor children's usage of the internet, social media, and other communication devices. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Atlanta, Georgia.

2

Funding Rounds

$39.0m

Money raised

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Simbe Robotics

Simbe Robotics builds automation solutions for shelf auditing and analytics.

6

Funding Rounds

$76.0m

Money raised

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Mythic

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

10

Funding Rounds

$233.6m

Money raised

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Skydio

Skydio is a developer of autonomous drone robotics.

14

Funding Rounds

$681.4m

Money raised

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Drive.ai

A startup company that creates deep learning-first, AI software for self-driving vehicles.

6

Funding Rounds

$77.0m

Money raised

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Sphero

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

25

Funding Rounds

$216.9m

Money raised

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Ushur

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

5

Funding Rounds

$92.0m

Money raised

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Blue River Technology

An agriculture technology company that manufactures advanced farming machines. It is located in Sunnyvale, California and was founded in 2011.

5

Funding Rounds

$50.6m

Money raised

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Mocana

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

10

Funding Rounds

$106.3m

Money raised

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Neurala

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

6

Funding Rounds

$32.1m

Money raised

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Oxbotica

Developer of an AI-based platform intended to bring autonomy to any industry.

8

Funding Rounds

$240.4m

Money raised

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DroneAI

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

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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WeRide

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

11

Funding Rounds

$1.6b

Money raised

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Aerial Applications

A drone mapping company offering aerial drone mapping software.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

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WorkFusion

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

4

Funding Rounds

$355.0m

Money raised

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Motion Dispatch

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

1

Funding Rounds

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Flytrex

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

6

Funding Rounds

$59.8m

Money raised

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6 River Systems

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

3

Funding Rounds

$55.0m

Money raised

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Farmers Edge

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

1

Funding Rounds

$437.5k

Money raised

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Freedom Robotics

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

2

Funding Rounds

$13.2m

Money raised

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Entropix

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

2

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

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Via (company)

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.

9

Funding Rounds

$827.1m

Money raised

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Mission Control Space Services

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

1

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

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Epirus

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

5

Funding Rounds

$574.6m

Money raised

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Skyward (company)

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

5

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

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Bright Machines

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

1

Funding Rounds

$179.0m

Money raised

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Daedalean AI

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

2

Funding Rounds

$58.0m

Money raised

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Zendrive

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

2

Funding Rounds

$38.5m

Money raised

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Activ Surgical

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

6

Funding Rounds

$90.0m

Money raised

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Algolux

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

6

Funding Rounds

$38.3m

Money raised

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Swivl

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

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

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LeddarTech

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

9

Funding Rounds

$344.0m

Money raised

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Nauto

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

7

Funding Rounds

$345.4m

Money raised

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Humatics

Humantics is a software company that was founded in 2015.

5

Funding Rounds

$80.2m

Money raised

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FarmWise

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

5

Funding Rounds

$48.7m

Money raised

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STRAX Intelligence Group

STRAX Intelligence Group is a technology company.

5

Funding Rounds

$23.6m

Money raised

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Kittyhawk (company)

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

5

Funding Rounds

$9.7m

Money raised

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RoboTire

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

4

Funding Rounds

$17.9m

Money raised

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TraceAir

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

1

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised