69 Best Robotics Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Robotics Startups

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There are 1,236 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $26.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $389.8m.

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$364.2m

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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.

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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.

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$140.4m

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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

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$3.9m

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

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$995.5m

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Luminar Technologies is an Orlando, Florida-based automotive industry company.

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$11.1m

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Sky Engine AI is an advanced data science technology and research company that develops evolutionary AI platform for deep learning in virtual reality for any computer vision applications.

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$48.6m

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World View is a Tucson, Arizona-based developer and manufacturer of near-space exploration technology for remote sensing for scientific, commercial, economic, and military purposes and stratospheric tourism.

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$97.8m

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Mighty Buildings is a company working in the construction industry with 3D printing technology and advanced composite materials, funded by Y Combinator.

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$123.5m

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1X Technologies is a Norwegian engineering and robotics company developing androids capable of human-like movements and behaviors to meet labor demands.

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$46.9m

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

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$105.0m

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DJI is a Shenzen, China-based company developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology.

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$3.9m

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Toyon Research Corporation is a Goleta, California-based company that researches and develops radio frequency and antenna systems that was founded in 1980.

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$2.2b

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Anduril builds AI platforms to protect troops, fight wildfires, perform search & rescue missions, and provide border surveillance. It was founded in 2017 and is located in Irvine, California.

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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.

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$3.0b

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Postmates is a food delivery service company operating a network of couriers for local goods delivery.

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$53.9m

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

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$20.3m

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Driverless truck company based in San Francisco, California.

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$32.0m

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

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

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$42.0m

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Starfish Space develops and provides autonomous satellite servicing solutions, such as satellite life extension, recovery, and debris removal.

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$80.0m

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Kindred AI is a company founded in 2014 by George Babu, Geordie Rose, James Bergstra and Suzanne Gildert.

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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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$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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$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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$228.0m

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Echodyne is a company developing compact, solid-state, high-performance radar system founded in 2014 by Eben Frankenberg and Tom Driscoll.

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$23.0m

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Serve Robotics is a developer of autonomous robotic vehicles intended for use in delivery, especially food delivery, in urban settings.

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$7.9b

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We are the first public safety operating system empowering thousands of cities to eliminate crime.Our cameras and devices detect objective evidence, decode it with machine learning, and deliver it into the hands that stop crime.

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$1.8m

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Sabrewing Aircraft Company is a Camarillo, California-based aerospace and aviation company and a developer of heavy-lift commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

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$1.8m

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XPRIZE Foundation is an artificial intelligence company that manages public competitions for technological developments

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$1.7m

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Construction Robotics is a company that develops robotics and automation equipment.

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$75.1m

Money raised

Volansi was a company offering delivery service for time-critical shipments using high-speed long-range drones. Volansi was acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation in October 2022.

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$704.5m

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

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$588.1m

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Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.

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$140.0m

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iProov is a user authentication technology company based in London.

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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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$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.

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$20.4m

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A patient connection and relationship management company, using artificial intelligence-enabled technology to drive more meaningful patient-doctor engagements while improving care utilization and pathways.

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$19.7m

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RoboKind is a Dallas, Texas-based robotics and educational technology company developing social-emotional learning curriculums developed to be delivered by their facially-expressive robots.

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$101.4m

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Synthetic biology company that uses AI, DNA synthesis, and robotics to discover biological molecules.

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$5.7m

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Bloomfield Robotics is a Pittsburgh-based agricultural technology company.

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$680.0m

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A company developing semiconductor accelerators for artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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$108.0m

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WayRay is a Moscow-based developer of holographic augmented reality technologies for the automotive industry.

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$83.5m

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Waabi is a Toronto-based developer of self-driving technology, including an artificial intelligence-based driverless system and a simulation system to train the AI driver.

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$19.6m

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Aerones is a company building heavy-lift drones founded in 2015 by Janis Putrams.

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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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$80.4m

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

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$55.5m

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Ceres Imaging is a California-based aerial spectral imagery and analytics company that serves farmers and agribusinesses.

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$18.7m

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Creator is the developer of a robotic burger maker.

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$594.0k

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Carnegie Robotics is a Pittsburgh-based company that provides advanced robotics sensors and platforms.

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$10.4m

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Indemnis UAV Recovery Systems is an Anchorage, Alaska-based company developing safety solutions to the commercial UAV community.

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$212.0m

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Astrobotic Technology is a company that looks to offer affordable space robotic technology as well as work towards planetary missions.

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$34.7m

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Gideon is a robotics company that creates products for industrial settings.

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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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$511.8m

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A company designing and building autonomous electric transportation (AET) systems for freight and cargo.

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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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$92.0m

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An artificial intelligence company that has developed technology for mapping services specifically focused designed for autonomous vehicles. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

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$128.9m

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

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$30.0m

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Company manufacturing 3d printed pharmaceuticals based in San Francisco, CA

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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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$1.3b

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

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$156.3m

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Iron Ox is a company developing robotic farms founded in 2015 by Brandon Alexander.

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$102.9m

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Xenex Disinfection Services is a company that provides pulsed xenon ultraviolet-C, room disinfection systems to healthcare facilities

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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.

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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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$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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$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.

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$195.0m

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A software company utilizing artificial intelligence to create technology that can train robots new and complex skills. It was founded in 2017 and is located in Berkeley, California.

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$9.1m

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PRENAV is a company that is digitizing critical infrastructure in the world using AI.

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