Robo‑training gets real funding
Neurorobotics raised €1 billion and partnered with TU Munich to build a massive robot training effort, while Robo‑Gym secured €17 million for a 2,300 m² facility to collect real‑world robot interaction data. The message is clear: scaling physical training data is now a funded, large‑scale priority for humanoid/robot builders. (youtube.com)
The financing round is reported to include backing from stablecoin issuer Tether and places Neura at roughly a €4 billion valuation. (bloomberg.com) The company previously closed a €120 million Series B on January 15, 2025 to fund R&D and its Neuraverse platform. (neura-robotics.com) Bloomberg says Neura entered the new round while carrying nearly $1 billion in customer orders from the prior year, signaling existing commercial traction. (bloomberg.com) Under the TUM collaboration Neura is reported to supply the majority of the RoboGym investment—about €11 million—while the university will host the training site at its Convergence Center near Munich Airport. (theaiinsider.tech) TUM’s Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence will run the facility under professors Lorenzo Masia and Achim Lilienthal, who plan to use the hub to train fleets of humanoid systems. (tum.de) Partners describe the site as a Physical AI training hub designed to collect real‑world interaction datasets to close the sim‑to‑real gap, with operations slated to begin in mid‑2026. (humanoidsdaily.com)
