Machina Labs
Los Angeles manufacturer using industrial robots and AI to form and assemble metal parts for defence and aerospace straight from digital designs.
Machina Labs has raised $156M across 2 disclosed rounds since Oct 5, 2023; the latest round, Series C, was announced on Feb 4, 2026. Data as of Oct 1, 2026.
- ARM Institute wins nearly $90 million from the Department of War to put robots, AI and drones into 12 military manufacturing sites
The Pittsburgh-based ARM Institute said on Sept. 3, 2026 that the Department of War's manufacturing technology office awarded it nearly $90 million for ten projects under the Organic Industrial Base Modernization Challenge. Fifteen member organizations must deliver working robotics and AI solutions at 12 military manufacturing sites within two years, each paired with a workforce plan.
Mentioned - Standard Bots raises US$200 million at a US$1 billion valuation to build AI-taught factory robots in New York
Standard Bots said on 9 June 2026 that it had raised a US$200 million Series C led by RoboStrategy, with existing investors including General Catalyst, at a valuation of US$1 billion. The Glen Cove, New York, robot maker is expanding its plant to 70,000 square feet and says it is on pace to supply 10% of new US industrial robot deployments by 2027.
Mentioned - Machina Labs raises $124 million Series C from Toyota and Lockheed Martin venture arms to build a 50-cell robotic metal-forming plant
Los Angeles-based Machina Labs closed a $124 million Series C on 4 February 2026 with Woven Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures and the Strategic Development Fund. The money funds a 200,000-square-foot US factory for up to 50 RoboCraftsman cells making defense and aerospace structures. No lead investor or valuation was disclosed.
Subject - Bedrock Robotics raises $270 million at a $1.75 billion valuation to take excavators operator-less in 2026
Bedrock Robotics, founded in 2024 by former Waymo engineers, raised a $270 million Series B co-led by CapitalG and Valor Atreides AI Fund, taking total funding past $350 million. The San Francisco company retrofits existing excavators with autonomy and is targeting its first operator-less deployments this year, a month after Caterpillar unveiled its own construction autonomy line.
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