Mind Robotics, developers of AI-powered industrial robotics and automation systems for complex manufacturing environments, has announced $400 million in new financing intended to accelerate deployment of industrial AI robotics platforms at scale. The funding round brings total investment in the company to more than $1 billion since its founding in 2025.
The financing was led by Kleiner Perkins and included participation from Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, SV Angel, Incharge Capital, A-Star Capital, and Garuda Ventures, alongside existing investors including Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse, Prysm Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and Greenoaks.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Mind Robotics develops AI-enabled industrial robotics systems intended to automate dexterous and reasoning-intensive manufacturing operations. The company stated that its platform combines foundation models, robotics hardware, and deployment infrastructure designed to support real-world industrial automation at scale.
Mind Robotics is developing AI-powered industrial robotics platforms designed to support adaptive manufacturing and autonomous industrial automation environments. (Components Source Network editorial stock image)
Mind Robotics operates with Rivian as a strategic partner and shareholder, providing access to live, high-volume manufacturing environments used for robotics deployment, operational validation, and AI model training. The manufacturing partnership reflects broader movement across the robotics industry toward deploying AI-driven automation systems directly into production environments rather than relying exclusively on laboratory-based development and simulation workflows.
Industrial robotics developers are increasingly focusing on systems capable of handling more adaptive manufacturing operations requiring machine perception, contextual reasoning, manipulation, and autonomous decision-making. These types of variable industrial tasks have historically remained difficult to automate using conventional industrial robotics architectures.
“We are excited about the technology and product roadmap we are developing at Mind, with a focus on scaled deployments,” said RJ Scaringe, Founder of Mind Robotics. “We are proud to have Kleiner Perkins and our full investor coalition behind us.”
“Robotics is the ultimate frontier,” said Ilya Fushman, Partner at Kleiner Perkins. “It is poised to become one of the biggest markets, and advances in models and hardware are coming together to make this possible. Mind Robotics has unique access to all the ingredients required to make general-purpose robotics work in real-world manufacturing, and we’re thrilled to lead this round.”
The new financing is expected to support continued expansion of the company’s robotics deployment infrastructure, AI model development, engineering operations, and manufacturing integration capabilities as demand grows for AI-enabled automation systems across industrial manufacturing sectors.
About Mind Robotics
Mind Robotics is an AI-enabled industrial robotics company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2025, the company develops robotics platforms combining foundation models, industrial robotics hardware, and deployment infrastructure intended to automate manufacturing and industrial operations at scale. The company’s technologies are designed for manufacturing environments requiring adaptive automation, robotic manipulation, machine perception, and autonomous operational decision-making across complex industrial workflows. To learn more, please click here.
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