Jarsy(@JarsyInc):Physical AI needs more than better robots. It needs real-world training data. Business Insider reported that Munich-based robotics startup microagi has raised a $55M seed round, described as the largest seed round ever secured by a German startup. Microagi is not trying to build its own robot hardware. Instead, it trains existing robotics models with footage of real workers performing physical tasks, captured through cameras and sensor-equipped gloves. Its data-collection arm, shift, now operates in 15 countries and pays more than 20,000 people to record real-world tasks. Source: Business Insider

2026.07.18 03:00

Physical AI needs more than better robots. It needs real-world training data. Business Insider reported that Munich-based robotics startup microagi has raised a $55M seed round, described as the largest seed round ever secured by a German startup. Microagi is not trying to build its own robot hardware. Instead, it trains existing robotics models with footage of real workers performing physical tasks, captured through cameras and sensor-equipped gloves. Its data-collection arm, shift, now operates in 15 countries and pays more than 20,000 people to record real-world tasks. Source: Business Insider