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  "slug": "robotics-startup-funding-2025",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/robotics-startup-funding-2025/",
  "topic": "funding",
  "claim": "Robotics startups raised $15 billion globally in 2025, according to Crunchbase data.",
  "figure": {
    "value": 15000000000,
    "display": "$15 billion",
    "unit": "USD (venture funding)"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "Global",
    "period": "2025"
  },
  "measure": "data publisher dataset",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "source_type": "primary",
  "source": {
    "type": "primary",
    "kind": "Data publisher analysis of its own dataset",
    "name": "Crunchbase News",
    "title": "Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026",
    "publisher": "Crunchbase",
    "published": "2026-06-22",
    "date_note": null,
    "url": "https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/startup-venture-funding-surges-2026-data/",
    "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261007121115/https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/startup-venture-funding-surges-2026-data/",
    "archived_at": "20261007121115",
    "primary_note": null
  },
  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
  "stale": false,
  "quote": {
    "text": "robotics startups have so far raised $18.8 billion in 2026, compared to $15 billion in the full year of 2025",
    "lang": "en"
  },
  "quote_note": null,
  "caveats": [
    "Crunchbase classification of \"robotics\"; totals are revised as rounds are added."
  ],
  "verification": "Figure found in the source text on the access date (automated match, then editorial review).",
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    "checked_at": "2026-10-25T16:31:53.880Z"
  },
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  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Robotics startups raised $15 billion globally in 2025, according to Crunchbase data [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/robotics-startup-funding-2025/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Robotics startups raised $15 billion globally in 2025, according to Crunchbase data.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/robotics-startup-funding-2025/.",
    "mla": "“Robotics startups raised $15 billion globally in 2025, according to Crunchbase data.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/robotics-startup-funding-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_robotics_startup_funding_2025,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Robotics startups raised \\$15 billion globally in 2025, according to Crunchbase data}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/robotics-startup-funding-2025/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: Crunchbase, Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026 (2026-06-22). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "Crunchbase. (2026, June 22). Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026. https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/startup-venture-funding-surges-2026-data/"
  }
}