We asked investors from Sequoia, Felicis, Bessemer, and more to highlight promising robotics startups, as the sector sees an investment boom in 2026.

On August 18, Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) held its second quarter earnings call, and the numbers made clear that the lidar maker’s pivot into robotics is no longer a side project. Total net revenues climbed 22% year over year to RMB 861 million,

BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo explains how its QNX car software helped reshape the company — and why it sees robotics as a major growth opportunity.

Noah Medical expects to file application as early as next year, joining surge of tech listings tapping city's international fundraising pool SoftBank-backed surgical robotics company Noah Medical has begun preparations for a Hong Kong initial public offering,

Valuing a humanoid robotics company isn’t as straightforward as applying a revenue multiple. In an exclusive email interview with Benzinga, RoboStrategy, Inc. CEO Andrew Kang said companies targeting transformative markets require a different framework—one that balances traditional financial metrics

Tesla is making a big push into robotics, but Nvidia and Microsoft could be better long-term robotics stocks.

The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.

A Chinese robotics IPO just attracted demand so extreme it raises a question every investor in physical AI needs to answer: are the stocks pricing in a revolution that still runs on manufacturing timelines,

Physical Intelligence cofounder Sergey Levine said US robotics research relies on outsourcing cheap but reliable parts from China.

This article is authored by Debendra Pradhan, founder & CEO, Coratia Technologies.

Xpeng said its robotics business raised over US$900 million, marking the largest single-round private financing ever recorded in China's embodied AI industry.