An F1 aerodynamicist just raised $55m to teach factory robots, using footage of people doing chores

Microagi, a Munich startup founded by former Red Bull Racing aerodynamicist Bercan Kilic, raised $55 million in seed funding to enhance factory robots by teaching them tasks through footage of humans performing chores. Their platform, Shift, collects real-world task data from over 20,000 people globally to improve robotic models for industries like automotive, logistics, and food. This approach addresses the lack of extensive training data for robots compared to language models, enabling better,