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Less than three months after emerging from stealth, startup XDOF is negotiating a Series B funding round led by 8VC at a valuation of approximately $1.2 billion. The company collects the remote-operation and motion data needed to train versatile robots.
Robotics startup Generalist has secured nearly $200 million in additional funding, raising the company’s valuation to $3 billion just months after it was valued at $2 billion. The company is developing an artificial intelligence foundation model that can be used with multiple types of robots, but it faces a market still searching for a practical way to build general-purpose robotics models.
Defense technology company Terra Industries announced that it has raised an additional $18 million, bringing its total seed round to $52 million. The company plans to expand manufacturing and develop autonomous systems, drones, and mine-detection vehicles, while expanding in London and the United States.