RobCo Secures $100M in Funding to Expand Autonomous Industrial Robotics Platform

RobCo, a robotics company specializing in artificial intelligence, announced today that it has secured $100 million in Series C funding to advance its automation initiatives and expand its footprint in the U.S. market.

The funding round was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lingotto Innovation, with additional participation from Sequoia Capital, Greenfield Partners, Kindred Capital, Leitmotif, and The Friedkin Group.

"This additional $100 million will propel us to become a leading AI robotics provider for the manufacturing sectors in the United States and Europe," said founder and CEO Roman Hölzl. "It enables us to automate routine tasks, freeing human workers to focus on more creative and strategic endeavors."

RobCo's hardware and software solutions are increasingly categorized as Physical AI, a field of artificial intelligence that integrates AI with machinery. This integration allows robots and autonomous systems to perceive, comprehend, and interact with the physical world in real-time.

Unlike software-only AI, which generates outputs like text, images, or audio, Physical AI combines AI models with sensors and actuators. This enables systems to perform embodied actions beyond purely digital tasks, such as manipulating robotic arms, driving vehicles, operating doors and windows, or otherwise physically interacting with their environment.

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Munich, the company expanded to the United States in 2025 and now maintains offices in San Francisco and Austin. Hölzl identified the U.S. as a priority and major growth market, driven by ongoing modernization efforts among manufacturers.

The company's robots and software are already deployed across various industrial settings, including major global manufacturers in the automotive and engineering sectors, such as BMW and the Rosenberger Group.

RobCo's robots are designed from the ground up to learn specific task skills through demonstration and self-learning, rather than manual programming. This approach allows for faster deployment, rapid iteration, and adaptability to diverse industrial scenarios and variable processes. The company describes this capability as providing customers with a "single view" of operations.

The robots are delivered via a recurring Robotics-as-a-Service model, supporting the automation of a wide range of industrial workflows, including machine tending, palletizing, dispensing, and welding.

"RobCo has the potential to become a global leader. Their systems are already operational in industrial environments, and their Physical AI platform is scalable across various use cases and geographies," said Alexander Schmitt, a partner at Lightspeed.