Saudi Arabian startup BRKZ raised $31 million, including a $13 million Series B equity round and $18 million in growth debt. The company, which operates a construction materials marketplace, has raised over $83 million to date. Its AI engine uses 38 million data points to predict prices for construction supplies.
Viabot, a robotics startup based in Santa Clara, secured $24 million in a Series A round led by Walden International. The company provides autonomous robots for outdoor property maintenance, such as sweeping and landscaping, using a robot-as-a-service model for commercial real estate owners.
San Francisco-based Robocurve raised $10 million in a seed round led by Initialized Capital. The Public Benefit Corporation evaluates the capabilities of frontier AI models in controlling physical robots. It has launched a program for academic institutions, offering $500,000 in funding and hardware to researchers.
Tellia, an agtech company with offices in San Francisco and Paris, raised $5 million in a pre-seed round led by Revent. The startup offers a voice-first AI platform for farmers to log records and generate reports. Its technology is currently deployed across 1 million acres of farmland in the U.S. and Europe.
