London's Machenta raises $40 million seed to teach robots tasks from one demonstration

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Machenta, a London start-up, has raised $40 million in seed funding, co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures, which makes it the UK's largest robotics seed round. Its AI model, trained only in simulation, lets a robot pack, assemble or pick objects after seeing a task once.