London robotics startup Machenta raises $40M seed investment

Machenta, co-founded by Imperial College robotics professor Edward Johns and PhD student Vitalis Vosylius, has secured a $40 million seed round led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures—the largest seed round for a UK robotics company. The startup's AI model enables robots to learn new tasks such as packaging, assembling, and tidying after seeing them performed just once, bypassing traditional time-consuming demonstration methods. The AI was trained in simulation using computer-generated environments without real-world data.

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