Uma cofounder Rémi Cadène

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July 16, 2026

From Tesla to building humanoids: Uma cofounder on why Europe is ‘the best market in the world’

Uma launched nine months ago to build ‘frontier capabilities’ for humanoid robots in industrial and domestic environments

In the nine months since it launched, Paris-based robotics startup Uma has kept a low profile — but the buzzy company finally lifted the veil on what it has been working on earlier this month at the Machina summit, an event dedicated to physical AI in the French capital.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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