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VCs Pour Billions Into Physical AI As The Next Wave Of AI Investing Takes Shape
Venture capital flocks to robotics and automation as physical AI adoption accelerates to record-breaking levels.
In the first half of 2026, global venture funding in the physical AI space totaled $47.4 billion across 521 deals, per Crunchbase data. That’s up dramatically — almost 4x — compared to the second half of 2025 when startups in the sector raised $12 billion across 470 deals.
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The massive surge in funding indicates a pivotal shift from digital-only models to AI systems capable of interacting with and manipulating the physical world. This transition marks the integration of large language models into robotics and industrial hardware to drive genuine productivity gains.
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