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March 24, 2026

Oxford spinout raises from Amadeus Capital and OSE to solve long-term memory problem in robotics

Stateful Robotics CEO Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes previously sold imitation learning startup Latent Logic to US autonomous vehicle giant Waymo

Tom Nugent

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Stateful Robotics, an embodied AI spinout from the University of Oxford, has raised a $4.8m pre-seed round led by Amadeus Capital Partners and Oxford Science Enterprises, with participation from angel investor Stan Boland.

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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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