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Anvil Robotics Lands $5.5 million to Build ‘Legos for Robots’ Platform For Physical AI Teams
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Anvil Robotics, an eight-month-old startup that aims to be the “Legos for robots,” has raised $5.5 million in a seed funding round, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively.
Key facts
- Anvil then ships the robots within 1 to 2 days via 2-day air freight
- Anvil Robotics, an eight-month-old startup that aims to be the “Legos for robots,” has raised $5.5 million in a seed funding round, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively
- Before starting Anvil Robotics last July, Mike Xia, CEO, and CTO Vijay Pradeep, spent six months talking to a variety of businesses
- We support physical AI teams who don’t have $100 million, to make this industry much more accessible,” Xia said
Summary
Matter Venture Partners and Humba Ventures led the raise, which included participation from DNX Ventures, Superhuman founder Vivek Sodera, Spacecadet Ventures and Position Ventures. The San Francisco-based startup builds custom robots for businesses and describes itself as a hardware, software and manufacturing platform. Before starting Anvil Robotics last July, Mike Xia, CEO, and CTO Vijay Pradeep, spent six months talking to a variety of businesses. “This isn’t a problem if you’re Tesla, or have nine-figure R&D budgets, and you custom design and build everything, including hardware and software,” Xia told Crunchbase News in an interview.