FieldAI Raises $405 Million for Universal Robot ‘Brains’ in Nvidia-Led Round

FieldAI said it has secured a combined $405 million in previously unreported financing to accelerate development of “Field Foundation Models,” physics-based artificial-intelligence systems designed to act as universal robot brains. The latest tranche, a $314 million round completed this month, was co-led by Bezos Expeditions, Prysm and Temasek, with participation from Nvidia, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures and others. The fundraising values the Irvine, California-based company at about $2 billion post-money, according to people familiar with the terms. Chief Executive Officer Ali Agha, a former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researcher, said the capital will expand research and scale deployment of the models, which aim to let humanoid, wheeled and flying robots quickly adapt to unfamiliar environments while managing safety risks. FieldAI has already signed contracts in industries including construction, energy and urban delivery, though it has not disclosed specific customers. In a separate move highlighting investor appetite for enterprise AI tools, Y Combinator alumnus SRE.ai raised $7.2 million in seed funding led by Salesforce Ventures and Crane Venture Partners. The New York-based startup builds natural-language AI agents that automate DevOps tasks such as continuous integration and compliance checks across cloud platforms.