📌 2 AI Startups raise $1M+

BONUS: The AI Plateau from Emergence

TODAY’S RECAP 🗓️

  • Sanctuary AI raises an undisclosed Round — General-purpose humanoid

  • Gendo raises a $1.1M Pre-Seed — AI for architectural designs

  • Quiet day due to 4th of July. Also, Happy Independence Day to our American readers!

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1/2

Amount: Undisclosed (total raised is $140M+) 🎉

Round: Venture Round

Lead Investor: BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund, InBC Investment Corp.

Sanctuary AI is building general-purpose robots with human-like intelligence.

Their flagship humanoid, Phoenix, focuses on upper-body tasks, exhibiting a human-like range of motion. The robots leverage Sanctuary's AI control system, Carbon, which enhances their ability to learn and automate new tasks in less than 24 hours.

2/2

Amount: $1.1M 🎉

Round: Pre-Seed

Lead Investor: Concept Ventures

Gendo is an AI platform for architectural designs.

The platform can convert 2D drawings, sketches, or text descriptions into realistic, editable visualizations. Users can mask sections, tweak details, and add specific elements such as colours, lighting, structural features, furniture and topographically accurate trees.

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