Microfactory raises funds for its versatile robot

The San Francisco-based robotics company has raised $1.5 million (€1.3 m) in pre-seed funding from Clément Delangue, founder of Hugging Face, and Naval Ravikant, an early investor in Uber and Twitter. The deal comes with a valuation cap of $30 million (€25.8 m), which will serve as a benchmark for the fundraising round. This funding will enable the company to industrialise its AI-powered robot, which is designed to automate high-precision manual manufacturing tasks. Integrated into a compact box and equipped with two robotic arms and interchangeable tools, the robot is ten times simpler and less expensive to produce than humanoid robots, with a current price tag of around $5,000 (€4,304). Pre-orders via microfactory.com have already attracted more than 100 customershttps://microfactory.com/. The first deliveries are scheduled for early 2026.