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Silicon Valley’s humanoid robots are learning how to do your job
As Californian companies race to manufacture and deploy thousands of humanoid robots in the coming year, another new class of worker has been born
Venture Investment in Physical AI Surges
Coverage of the accelerating wave of venture capital flowing into physical AI, reporting $26.7B in global VC funding through Feb 2026. Encord is featured alongside Waymo and other leaders as investors bet on AI moving beyond software into robots, autonomous vehicles, and the physical world.
Investors Ramp up Bets on the AI Agent Economy
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are moving beyond simple automation to ease the human bottleneck across finance and enterprise workflows. Led by Sphinx Labs’ $7.1 million seed round and Basis’ new $1.15 billion valuation, startups are deploying autonomous systems that operate like digital employees.
Encord Raises $60M in Series C Funding for AI-Native Data Infrastructure
Encord raised $60 million in a Series C round led by Wellington Management, bringing total funding to $110 million to expand its AI-native data infrastructure platform for production-scale AI systems.
Encord Raises $60M in Series C to Scale Physical AI Data
Encord raised $60 million in a Series C round led by Wellington Management. Data volume on Encord’s platform expanded from 1 to over 5 petabytes in 12 months. Encord supports more than 300 AI teams globally, including robotics and autonomous vehicle developers.
London-based Encord raises €50 million to support next phase of physical AI deployment
Encord, the data infrastructure company for physical AI, today announced a €50 million ($60 million) Series C in order to accelerate product development, expand into new markets, and scale its AI-native data infrastructure platform as physical AI systems move from pilot programmes into full production.
Physical AI data infrastructure startup Encord lands $60M to accelerate intelligent robot and drone development
Article describing Encord's role in moving autonomous systems from lab to production. Notes that Encord's 5+ petabyte platform now manages 3x the data volume used to train GPT-4.
Physical AI data infrastructure startup Encord lands $60M to accelerate intelligent robot and drone development
Data infrastructure startup Encord has closed on $60 million in new funding to help move robots, drones and other autonomous physical artificial intelligence systems from the lab into real-world production settings.
Encord secures $60M Series C to scale AI-native data infrastructure as physical AI hits inflection
Wellington Management-led round brings total funding to $110M as the Encord sees physical AI revenue grow 10x and platform data scale to 5+ petabytes in 12 months
