Axis Robotics raises $12 million seed round led by Hack VC
Axis Robotics, a Physical AI data engine company, said on July 27 that it has closed a $12 million seed round led by Hack VC, with participation from Nomad Capital, Pi Network Ventures, 10K Ventures, and several angel investors. The company said the funding will be used to build a large-scale, human-in-the-loop global robot data engine aimed at easing several data constraints in Physical AI, including scarce training data, weak model generalization, and fragmented datasets across robot hardware platforms.
According to Axis Robotics, Physical AI differs from large language models in one key way: it needs large volumes of real-world human physical interaction trajectory data rather than internet text. Founder Chris said the company is building a sustainable data production system designed to continuously generate, collect, and refine robot training data. Axis said its composite data engine spans task generation, data collection, model training, and optimization. The company also said it has built a global robot data network with more than 100,000 active contributors, producing over 1,200 hours of simulation data and more than 20,000 hours of real-world first-person data per month. Axis added that it is already working with companies including Booster Robotics, Manycore Tech, Feagine Robotics, Dexmal, Lotus Car, and Geely.
