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August 4, 2026

Exclusive: Zurich-based Exclaim Robotics comes out of stealth, raises $4.95m

Veteran roboticist Helen Oleynikova will lead startup, which will develop repair robots for hyperscale data centres

Éanna Kelly

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Zurich-based startup Exclaim Robotics has come out of stealth, raising $4.95m to develop robots for routine repair and maintenance work at large scale data centres. 

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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