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Zurich-based physical AI startup Enact Intelligence emerged from stealth on October 22, 2026, announcing the completion of a $30 million Pre-Seed funding round. The company is advancing a robot dexterity solution centered on force and touch, which does not rely on expensive sensors that measure force at a single point, but instead collects force data from inside the actuators, with the goal of giving robots a proprioceptive "nervous system." According to Zhi Dongxi, the round was co-led by Redalpine and Notion Capital, with participation from Yann LeCun, Arthur Mensch, Thomas Wolf and others. The funds will be used to expand the team fivefold by the end of 2027 and to drive the deployment of the first batch of robots in industrial scenarios such as manufacturing, infrastructure, retail and food processing. No further progress has been disclosed since the completion of the funding.
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Oct 23
Zhidx
Turing Award winner Yann LeCun participates in investment as Swiss embodied AI startup Enact Intelligence closes a $30 million Pre-Seed funding round
Swiss embodied AI startup Enact Intelligence has completed a $30 million Pre-Seed funding round, co-led by Redalpine and Notion Capital, with participation from Yann LeCun, Arthur Mensch, Thomas Wolf, and others. The company integrates force perception into robot actuators and combines models with a data collection system to enhance dexterous manipulation capabilities; it is developing a foundation model and supporting platform for general-purpose robotic manipulation. The funding will be used to expand its 12-person team fivefold by the end of 2027 and to drive the actual deployment of its first batch of robots with industrial partners.
SiliconANGLE
Swiss robotics startup Enact Intelligence raises $30 million in pre-seed funding
Swiss robotics startup Enact Intelligence (Eta Robotics AG) has completed a $30 million pre-seed funding round, with investors including Yann LeCun, Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch, and Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf. The company was founded by Manuel Yves Galliker, a former engineer at Physical Intelligence and 1X Technologies, and is developing an AI control model that can adapt to multiple robot embodiments, along with in-house actuators that combine force and tactile sensing capabilities. The funds will be used to hire engineers and upgrade technology.
Oct 22
Unite.AI
Enact Intelligence Raises $30M Pre-Seed to Build Robot Dexterity With Force and Touch
Zurich-based physical AI startup Enact Intelligence emerged from stealth on October 22, 2026, announcing $30 million in pre-seed funding to advance its approach to robot dexterity centered on force and touch. Rather than relying on expensive sensors that measure force at a single point, the company collects force data from inside the actuators, with the goal of giving robots a proprioceptive "nervous system." The funding will be used to grow the team fivefold by the end of 2027 and to drive the deployment of its first robots in industrial settings such as manufacturing, infrastructure, retail, and food processing.
Tech.eu
Mistral CEO and Yann LeCun Invest in Swiss Robotics Company Enact's $30 Million Pre-Seed Round
Swiss robotics startup Enact Intelligence has emerged from stealth, completing a $30 million pre-seed funding round with investors including Mistral head Arthur Mensch, Yann LeCun, Hugging Face's Thomas Wolf, as well as Redalpine, Notion Capital and Firstminute Capital. Enact is building underlying technology for general-purpose robots, using actuators to sense force and touch rather than relying on cameras and vision, in order to improve the precision of object manipulation. The funds will be used to expand the team and accelerate hardware and R&D.