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Ropedia

July 24, 2026 ยท Robotics

Ropedia raises 22 million dollars to scale physical AI training data infrastructure

Ropedia, a Singapore-based physical AI company founded in 2025 and led by co-founder and CEO Zhaoxi Chen, has raised 22 million dollars in pre-Series A funding, bringing total funding to 30 million dollars. The company builds data infrastructure that captures human movement through wearable devices to train robots, and says it now serves more than 20 robotics and foundation-model companies.

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