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Physical AI companies: 21 verified, updated October 14, 2026

Started September 27, 2026 · Updated October 14, 2026 · Presspool

Presspool has verified 21 physical AI companies. In its latest weekly sample of AI answers, through October 14, 2026, the ones AI apps named or cited most were Figure (41 of 53 answers), Physical Intelligence (31 of 53 answers), Skild AI (28 of 53 answers) and Agility Robotics (28 of 53 answers). The 19 whose latest round was announced in dollars raised $8.64 billion in those rounds.

Companies whose main product is AI that perceives and acts in the physical world: robot foundation models, humanoid and general-purpose robots, and robots whose core is a learned model rather than a fixed program. Each entry is taken from the company's own website and confirmed by an independent source, both linked on the entry. No company pays to be listed.

CompanyWhat it doesLatest announced financing
NEURA RoboticsNEURA Robotics is a German cognitive-robotics company building the 4NE1 humanoid and other robots powered by its AURA AI and Neuraverse platform. (site, source)up to $1.4 billion, Series C (June 10, 2026)
Skild AISkild AI is building a single 'omni-bodied' AI brain meant to control any type of robot for any task. (site, source)$1.4B, Series C (January 14, 2026)
FigureFigure builds Figure 03, a general-purpose humanoid robot aimed at household work, controlled by its in-house Helix AI system. (site, source)over $1 billion, Series C (September 16, 2025)
UnitreeUnitree develops, manufactures and sells general-purpose legged and humanoid robots and robotic arms for consumer and industrial users. (site, source)about 6.1 billion yuan ($905 million), IPO, Shanghai STAR Market (August 19, 2026)
Agility RoboticsAgility sells Digit, a humanoid robot for industrial facilities, together with Arc, a cloud platform for running robot fleets, powered by its AI stack. (site, source)more than $620 million expected, Announced SPAC merger, not yet closed (June 24, 2026)
Physical IntelligencePhysical Intelligence develops learning algorithms and a general-purpose foundation model intended to control any robot performing any task. (site, source)$600 million, Series B (November 21, 2025)
ApptronikApptronik makes Apollo, an AI-driven humanoid robot offered with legged or wheeled mobility for physically demanding work in human spaces. (site, source)$520 million, Series A-X (Series A extension) (February 11, 2026)
Generalist AIGeneralist is an AI research and product company building general intelligence for the physical world, training embodied foundation models (the GEN series) that run robots. (site, source)$400 million (June 4, 2026)
GalbotGalbot builds robots powered by its general-purpose embodied AI models (the AstraBrain family) for use across industries and households. (site, source)RMB 2.5 billion (about $350 million) (March 2, 2026)
Field AIField AI builds EDGE, a general-purpose robot brain based on risk-aware Field Foundation Models designed to run across different machines, tasks and environments. (site, source)$314 million (August 20, 2025)
Bedrock RoboticsBedrock Robotics builds the Bedrock Operator, an autonomy system that lets construction machines such as excavators do jobsite work on their own. (site, source)$270 million, Series B (February 4, 2026)
Sunday RoboticsSunday is building Memo, an AI-driven autonomous home robot for chores such as clearing tables and loading dishwashers, with a beta planned for late 2026. (site, source)$165 million, Series B (March 12, 2026)
The Bot CompanyThe Bot Company is a San Francisco startup building a helpful robot intended for every home. (site, source)$150 million (March 21, 2025)
Dyna RoboticsDyna builds mobile, dexterous robots driven by foundation models that carry out end-to-end workflows in hospitality, logistics and factory operations. (site, source)$120 million, Series A (September 15, 2025)
Genesis AIGenesis AI is developing Eno, a robot it plans to start deploying with commercial and home customers by the end of 2026. (site, source)$105 million, Seed (July 1, 2025)
1X1X is a Palo Alto AI and robotics company developing NEO, a humanoid robot designed to live in homes and do chores. (site, source)$100 million, Series B (January 11, 2024)
Collaborative RoboticsCollaborative Robotics builds Proxie, a two-armed mobile manipulator robot that works in hospitals, manufacturing floors and logistics facilities. (site, source)$100 million, Series B (April 10, 2024)
DexterityDexterity presents itself as a foundational platform for enterprise physical AI, based in Redwood City, California. (site, source)$95 million (March 11, 2025)
RLWRLDRLWRLD trains robots to do precise hand tasks using proprietary motion-capture data and a robotics foundation model built for the physical world. (site, source)approximately $26 million, Seed 2 (February 25, 2026)
Agile RobotsAgile Robots, a 2018 spin-off of German Aerospace Center researchers, makes physical-AI robotic products ranging from humanoids to robotic arms. (site, source)Not found
Sanctuary AISanctuary AI deploys its physical AI on commercially available industrial robots for tasks conventional automation cannot handle, and develops hydraulic robotic hands. (site, source)Not found

Which of these companies AI names

On October 14, 2026, Presspool asked the 8 questions below on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews and recorded 53 answers. Not sampled: 3 Google AI Overviews answers. A company counts when an answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample, not a verdict.

CompanyNamed or cited inChatGPTClaudePerplexityGeminiCopilotGoogle AI ModeGoogle AI Overviews
NEURA Robotics12 of 53 answers2 of 83 of 82 of 83 of 81 of 81 of 80 of 5
Skild AI28 of 53 answers4 of 85 of 83 of 85 of 84 of 84 of 83 of 5
Figure41 of 53 answers6 of 87 of 86 of 86 of 86 of 86 of 84 of 5
Unitree20 of 53 answers5 of 81 of 83 of 83 of 86 of 82 of 80 of 5
Agility Robotics28 of 53 answers5 of 82 of 85 of 84 of 85 of 84 of 83 of 5
Physical Intelligence31 of 53 answers6 of 85 of 83 of 85 of 84 of 85 of 83 of 5
Apptronik26 of 53 answers4 of 83 of 84 of 86 of 85 of 82 of 82 of 5
Generalist AI11 of 53 answers5 of 82 of 81 of 81 of 81 of 80 of 81 of 5
Galbot4 of 53 answers1 of 81 of 80 of 81 of 80 of 80 of 81 of 5
Field AI7 of 53 answers1 of 81 of 81 of 82 of 80 of 81 of 81 of 5
Bedrock Robotics1 of 53 answers0 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 81 of 5
Sunday Robotics1 of 53 answers1 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 5
The Bot Company0 of 53 answers0 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 5
Dyna Robotics4 of 53 answers1 of 80 of 82 of 80 of 80 of 81 of 80 of 5
Genesis AI4 of 53 answers3 of 80 of 81 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 5
1X26 of 53 answers5 of 83 of 84 of 85 of 82 of 85 of 82 of 5
Collaborative Robotics0 of 53 answers0 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 5
Dexterity6 of 53 answers3 of 80 of 81 of 80 of 81 of 80 of 81 of 5
RLWRLD3 of 53 answers0 of 81 of 82 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 5
Agile Robots0 of 53 answers0 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 5
Sanctuary AI6 of 53 answers2 of 80 of 80 of 81 of 82 of 80 of 81 of 5

What changed since the week of October 5, 2026

Sources the AI apps cited most for these questions

  1. forbes.com: 15 of 53 answers
  2. evsint.com: 9 of 53 answers
  3. newmarketpitch.com: 9 of 53 answers
  4. opencurious.com: 9 of 53 answers
  5. youtube.com: 9 of 53 answers
  6. nvidia.com: 8 of 53 answers
  7. openai.com: 8 of 53 answers
  8. overview.ai: 7 of 53 answers
  9. dealroom.co: 6 of 53 answers
  10. roboticscenter.ai: 6 of 53 answers
  11. bvp.com: 5 of 53 answers
  12. figure.ai: 5 of 53 answers
  13. humanoidroboticstechnology.com: 5 of 53 answers
  14. linkedin.com: 5 of 53 answers
  15. robozaps.com: 5 of 53 answers

What counts as Physical AI

A company joins this map when its own site describes Physical AI as its main product and an independent source confirms it. Out of scope: self-driving cars and robotaxis, which are their own category; component-only hardware; and large companies where robotics is a side unit. Definitions are versioned; this is version 1. Corrections need a public source: see Contact.

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