Venture funding to robotics startups has soared in 2026, with the bulk of investment going to companies based in China and the U.S., Crunchbase data shows. All told, global venture funding to robotics startups totaled $9.9 billion in Q3, more than double the $4.3 billion invested in Q3 2025, per Crunchbase data 1. The bulk of robotics funding this year has been in China, with $13.2 billion invested, and the U.S., with $12.1 billion. Germany, the third-largest recipient of robotics startup funding, trails with $1.7 billion invested. The largest rounds in China went to Guangzhou-based Xpeng Robotics, a builder of AI models and physical robots that raised $900 million, and Shenzhen's AI' Robotics, which is working to build intelligent robots for manufacturing, healthcare and services and raised a $736 million Series C round. In the U.S., billion-dollar rounds have also been raised this year by companies including Travis Kalanick's Los Angeles-based Atoms ' which includes its ghost...
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