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DeepMind handpicked this startup for its robotics accelerator. Now it’s raised an $11.7m seed round

Acumino builds robot models for dexterous tasks in industrial automation and is looking to scale the number of deployments it has with customers

Tom Nugent

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Robotics startup Acumino has raised $11.7m in seed funding, as it looks to scale the number of deployments it has with industrial customers.  

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Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers university spinouts and robotics. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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