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UMA
UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant) is a European Physical AI company founded in Paris developing the next generation of intelligent humanoid robots. Founded by ex-Tesla, Google DeepMind, Nvidia, and Hugging Face leaders, UMA builds AI-powered bipedal robots called Northstar for manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics, featuring Real-Time Learning that lets robots learn new skills through demonstration.
Paris, FranceFounded 202511-50 employees
$40M
Total Funding
$1.1B
Valuation
2
Robots
0.4
Hype Score
Scores
Hype0.4/10
Momentum0.4/10
The technologies for bringing humanoids to life
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