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Where physical AI startups are based

80 physical AI startups worldwide have raised money in rounds we track, $8.8B between them. 64 of them are placed on the map by their city; San Francisco leads with 8, then London with 5.

80startups
40cities on the map
$8.8Braised between them
San Franciscoleading city (8)
Beverly Hills: 1 startupsSeattle: 1 startupsPhiladelphia: 1 startupsSouth San Francisco: 1 startupsParis: 1 startupsBerkeley: 1 startupsBirmingham: 1 startupsBengaluru: 1 startupsBari: 1 startupsPleasanton: 1 startupsPalo Alto: 1 startupsSan Diego: 1 startupsWarszawa: 1 startupsMunich: 1 startupsLausanne: 1 startupsMountain View: 1 startupsStuttgart: 1 startupsReno: 1 startupsStanford: 1 startupsSouthampton: 1 startupsBordeaux: 1 startupsSeoul: 1 startupsSu Zhou Shi: 1 startupsGenoa: 1 startupsMoss: 1 startupsShen Zhen Shi: 1 startupsCambridge: 1 startupsSalem: 1 startupsAustin: 1 startupsBoston: 2 startupsSheffield: 2 startupsSanta Clara: 2 startupsTokyo: 2 startupsShenzhen: 2 startupsSan Jose: 2 startupsSan Mateo: 3 startupsSingapore: 3 startupsNew York: 4 startupsLondon: 5 startupsSan Francisco: 8 startupsSan FranciscoLondonNew YorkSingaporeShenzhenTokyoAustinSalem

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. San Francisco8$137M
  2. London5$8.0M
  3. New York4$58M
  4. Singapore3$140M
  5. San Mateo3$237M
  6. San Jose2$1.8B
  7. Shenzhen2$182M
  8. Tokyo2$1.9M
  9. Santa Clara2$188M
  10. Sheffield2$6.7M
  11. Boston2$12M
  12. Austin1$1.8B
  13. Salem1$1.3B
  14. Cambridge1$300M
  15. Shen Zhen Shi1$200M

By country

  1. United States36$6.0B
  2. United Kingdom10$168M
  3. China8$1.8B
  4. South Korea4$66M
  5. Japan3$7.3M
  6. Singapore3$140M
  7. Italy2$86M
  8. France2$45M
  9. Germany2$279M
  10. Switzerland2$17M
  11. Sweden2$21M
  12. Norway1$100M

Best-funded

  1. ApptronikUnited States · $1.8B
  2. FigureUnited States · $1.8B
  3. Agility RoboticsUnited States · $1.3B
  4. XRXPeng's robotics unitChina · $900M
  5. Walden RoboticsUnited States · $300M
  6. LimX DynamicsChina · $200M
  7. GeneralistUnited States · $200M
  8. NRNoetix RoboticsChina · $188M
  9. HHumanoidUnited Kingdom · $152M
  10. PPaXiniChina · $148M
  11. LightwheelUnited States · $147M
  12. PaXini TechChina · $145M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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