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Scheduled Shipment #79

$241 million raised across 4 startups; 1 exit for $9 billion

Greg Brainard
July 11, 2025

Hugging Face opens orders for the Reachy Mini robot

Happy Friday.

Cute desktop robots! Just a month after announcing its robotics program, customers can now order the Reachy Mini from Hugging Face for $449. The robot is fully programmable and comes with access to the company’s open source library of 1.7 million AI models and 400,000 unique datasets. Bullish.

$241 million raised across 4 startups. 1 exit for $9 billion.

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Top News

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Timeline

Quick update and announcement: 24h since we announced Reachy Mini and we're quickly approaching $500,000 in pre-orders (!)
We knew this product was special (everyone on the team wanted one), but the response has been even more overwhelming than expected—thanks for the incredible
— Thomas Wolf (@Thom_Wolf)
11:18 AM • Jul 10, 2025

This billionaire literally explains how robots will replace most jobs by 2040 and how you can stay ahead in 1 hour
— Aadit Sheth (@aaditsh)
7:25 AM • Jul 7, 2025

Massive Fundings

Also Inc., a 2025-founded Palo Alto, CA startup that develops micromobility vehicles, raised a $200.0 million financing led by Greenoaks Capital. More here.

Tulum Energy, a 1-year-old Boston, MA startup that produces clean hydrogen, raised a $27.0 million Seed led by TDK Ventures and CDP Venture Capital with participation from Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, MITO Tech Ventures, and TechEnergy Ventures. More here.

Mid-Size Fundings

Augmentus, a 6-year-old Austin, TX startup that provides No-code robotics software platform, raised a $11.0 million Series A+ led by Woori Ventures with participation from EDBI, Sierra Ventures, and Cocoon Capital. More here.

Smaller Fundings

Cobionix, a 5-year-old Ontario, Canada startup that provides autonomous robotic systems for the healthcare industry, raised a $3.0 million financing led by TitletownTech with participation from Lions Investment and Dr. Paul McBeth. More here.

Exits

Core Scientific, an 8-year-old Austin, TX startup that provides Bitcoin mining services, was acquired for $9.0 billion by CoreWeave. More here.

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