Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume

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Enigma has secured $70 million in seed funding to develop intuitive human-robot interfaces that make controlling machines effortless.

Summary

Enigma, a robotics startup founded by Jonathan Jacobi and Gal Niv, has raised $70 million in a seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Unlike competitors focusing primarily on general foundation models, Enigma is prioritizing the human-robot interaction experience to make controlling machines as intuitive as adjusting a car's volume knob. To achieve this, the company is launching a large-scale public experiment allowing users worldwide to interact online with its proprietary robots, gathering valuable data to shape future interfaces and foundational AI models.

(Source:TechCrunch)