VC investment into humanoid robotics startups has reached $11B so far in 2026, more than double the full-year record set in 2025, with the biggest rounds going to Neura Robotics, XPeng Robotics and AI² Robotics. Figure has raised $1.9B since 2020 at a $39B valuation, the most of any humanoid company. China now takes nearly two-thirds of global humanoid funding, while the US share is down to 12%.
VC investment into humanoid robotics startups has reached $11B so far in 2026, more than double the full-year record set in 2025, with the biggest rounds going to Neura Robotics, XPeng Robotics and AI² Robotics. Figure has raised $1.9B since 2020 at a $39B valuation, the most of any humanoid company. China now takes nearly two-thirds of global humanoid funding, while the US share is down to 12%.
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By city
San Francisco$39B
New York$5.3B
Denver$3.9B
Bastrop$3B
South San Francisco$1.2B
Kent$1B
By sector
Enterprise software$41B
Security$6B
Energy$6B
Hosting$5.7B
Transportation$5.6B
Health$5.4B
$70B across 814 rounds in the US in September, by city and by sector.
Automated basketball game film analysis and statistics.
AHVSAramayis Hovhannisyan & Vahe Shadunts founded it. Hovhannisyan worked at Association for Software Testing and Develandoo. Shadunts worked at Bifortis and SnapCart.
VC investment into humanoid robotics startups has reached $11B so far in 2026, more than double the full-year record set in 2025, with the biggest rounds going to Neura Robotics, XPeng Robotics and AI² Robotics. Figure has raised $1.9B since 2020 at a $39B valuation, the most of any humanoid company. China now takes nearly two-thirds of global humanoid funding, while the US share is down to 12%.
VC investment into humanoid robotics startups has reached $11B so far in 2026, more than double the full-year record set in 2025, with the biggest rounds going to Neura Robotics, XPeng Robotics and AI² Robotics. Figure has raised $1.9B since 2020 at a $39B valuation, the most of any humanoid company. China now takes nearly two-thirds of global humanoid funding, while the US share is down to 12%.
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NSJo Schou Sandåker, Remi Bjørnestad & Natnael Seifo founded it. Sandåker worked at Stadium. Bjørnestad worked at furnit.ai.
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SPSaurabh Patil founded it after working at SpringtownAI LLC.
