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Monday, 27 July 2026

Enigma raises $71M to develop foundation models for robots

SiliconANGLE 1 month ago 34 2 sources

Enigma, a robotics AI startup founded by former cybersecurity researchers, secured $71 million in seed funding led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital to develop foundation models that reduce the training data required to deploy robots across different environments. The company's models can be adapted to new robots with significantly less video footage than traditional approaches, addressing a key cost barrier in robotics AI where collecting task demonstrations typically requires expensive mock production setups. This capability enables faster and cheaper robot deployment while Enigma builds out its interface platform and recruits engineering talent to scale its models across diverse robotic hardware.

Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume

TechCrunch 1 month ago 26 2 sources

Enigma, a new robotics startup founded by two former Microsoft and Israeli cybersecurity researchers, raised $70 million to develop intuitive human-robot interfaces by studying how people naturally interact with machines. The company is launching a public experiment allowing anyone online to control over 100 proprietary robots in Israel and California performing tasks like painting and chemistry experiments. Enigma aims to make robot control as intuitive as turning a volume knob, shifting focus from pure model capability to interface design and human-centered interaction patterns.

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