SMRTR AIOct 15, 2025Forbes

These Well-Funded AI Startups Are Building Humanoid Robots In Stealth

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Two well-funded AI startups are secretly developing humanoid robots, capitalizing on the AI boom's expansion into hardware. Rhoda AI raised $162.6 million to build heavy-lifting humanoid robots for industrial use, while Genesis AI secured $105 million for cheaper wheeled humanoids. Both join the hot humanoid robotics investment space, where Figure AI recently raised over $1 billion at a $39 billion valuation despite commercialization challenges.

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