Bedrock Robotics raised a $600M Series C at a $4.1B post-money valuation co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital, bringing total funding to nearly $1B. Its autonomous excavators have done paid work on live job sites since mid-August, and the company says its customer base has more than doubled since 2025. The money goes to more Bedrock-equipped machines and field, commercial and operations teams.
Bedrock turns standard heavy equipment into autonomous units.
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XPeng’s robotics unit closed a funding round exceeding $900 million at a post-money valuation above $6.3 billion, which the company calls the largest single-round private financing in the history of China’s embodied AI industry. The proceeds will support mass production of its IRON humanoid robot by the end of 2026, a timeline that keeps the firm ahead of Tesla’s Optimus program.
LimX Dynamics completed a pre-IPO round raising nearly $200 million at a reported $2.2 billion valuation as it prepares for a public listing. The move comes as China's robotics market swells to include hundreds of companies competing in humanoid and embodied AI technologies.
Flapping Airplanes announced a $1 billion Series A on October 21, co-led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital, at what Bloomberg reported was a $6 billion valuation. According to Bloomberg and press reports, that is about four times its January seed valuation. Nvidia is among its investors.
Tractian announced a $130 million Series D led by Sapphire Ventures and co-led by M&G's Catalyst, valuing the Physical AI company at $1.4 billion. The funding will scale its sensor-based platform for monitoring the health of industrial machinery across manufacturing, data centers, utilities and defense.
Blackwall has raised a $100 million Series C at a $2.2 billion valuation, TechCrunch reported. The round supports expansion of its channel-based web traffic security platform for hosting providers.
