Overview
- Microagi, a Munich startup, closed a $55 million seed round led by Hummingbird with participation from Northzone, LocalGlobe, Village Global, and redalpine.
- The company trains off‑the‑shelf robotics models using first‑person footage and sensor data from workers rather than building its own robots or base AI models.
- Microagi operates shift, a consumer‑facing data arm that pays people to record tasks; the company says shift runs in 15 countries and has paid more than 20,000 operators.
- The startup reports five companies are collecting data on its platform and one customer is preparing a factory deployment, while microagi declined to name its model partners or disclose valuation.
- Founders plan to use the funding for compute, to scale shift’s data collection, and to grow U.S. operations as they pursue aggressive deployment goals tied to Europe’s aging workforce and global robot demand.