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Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 22, 2026

Globally, robotics startups have so far raised $18.8 billion in 2026, compared to $15 billion in the full year of 2025. The figure also handily...

Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • Enterprise • Robotics • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

AT&T Ventures鈥� Head Vikram Taneja On The New Rules of Seed-Stage Defensibility

Mary Ann Azevedo

June 18, 2026

In an interview with Crunchbase News, Vikram Taneja, head of AT&T Ventures, shares why he believes that while AI has drastically lowered the barrier...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • SaaS • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Silicon Is Back: Playground Global鈥檚 Decade-Long Bet On Hardware, Energy And Deep Tech Looks Prescient

Gen茅 Teare

June 16, 2026

In the decade-plus since Playground Global's founding, it has built its investment thesis around the idea that breakthroughs in science and...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Robotics • SaaS • Startups • Venture • Web3

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: NinjaOne Leads With $400M As Large Deals Also Go To Blockchain, Cloud Infrastructure, Biotech And Robotics

Joanna Glasner

June 12, 2026

In the U.S., the largest financings went to enterprise software company NinjaOne and blockchain technology provider Digital Asset. The largest deals...

Artificial intelligence • Robotics • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

Base10 Partners Closes 2 Funds Totaling $850M To Invest In Real Economy Automation

Gen茅 Teare

June 11, 2026

With a strong focus on logistics, payroll, construction and other sectors, San Francisco-based Base10 Partners has raised two funds totaling $850...

Artificial intelligence • Business • Clean tech and energy • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • Manufacturing • Public Markets • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Venture

AI Services And Robotics Lead Diverse Crop Of 29 New May Unicorns As SpaceX, Anthropic And OpenAI Line Up Blockbuster Exits

Gen茅 Teare

June 9, 2026

A total of 29 companies joined The Crunchbase 糖心视频 in May, but the standout trend was not new AI models, but rather the businesses helping...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • Enterprise • Fintech • Robotics • SaaS • Venture

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Megarounds Proliferate, Led By Enterprise Software, AI, And Space Tech

Joanna Glasner

June 5, 2026

Startup investors were in a spendy mood this week, backing more than a dozen rounds in the multiple hundreds of millions. Of those, the biggest one...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Robotics • SaaS • Startups • Venture

The Savvy Logic Behind VC Bets In 鈥楿ninvestable鈥� Sectors

Guest Author

May 27, 2026

Historically 鈥渦ninvestable鈥� sectors are getting more opportunities to bring in funding, creating a rare opportunity for specialized founders and...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Manufacturing • Public Markets • Regional • Robotics • Startups • Venture

Embodied AI Fuels Record Robotics Funding In China As IPO Momentum Builds

Mary Ann Azevedo

May 20, 2026

Just through mid-May, China-based robotics companies have already raised $5.6 billion across 176 deals this year, Crunchbase data shows, a sum...

Agriculture & foodtech • Artificial intelligence • Business • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Robotics • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anduril Leads Varied Lineup Of Large Deals

Joanna Glasner

May 15, 2026

Defense tech unicorn Anduril Industries led the fundraising lineup in a week heavy with rounds for companies focused on applications in the physical...

Agriculture & foodtech • Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • Enterprise • Manufacturing • Robotics • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Law Firm Operating System, Building Defense Tech Near The Battlefield, And Cell-Based Milk

Marlize van Romburgh

May 15, 2026

Most of the interesting companies that caught our eye in the past month are working on problems in the physical world, often far from the glow of a...