German robotics startup Sereact has announced a $110 million funding round to expand its AI "robotic brain" platform and establish a U.S. presence.
Founded in 2021, Sereact develops software enabling industrial and warehouse robots to perform tasks without explicit programming. Its Cortex foundation model interprets natural language, translating commands into physical robot actions and allowing operators to reassign tasks without recoding.
The latest version, Cortex 2.0, enhances a vision-language-action model with a world model. This system simulates potential movements, assessing them against physics and object behavior for stability and efficiency, allowing robots to predict action consequences.
Sereact's hardware-agnostic software operates across various robotic platforms. Customers include BMW, Daimler Truck, PepsiCo, and European logistics firms Bol and Active Ants. The company reports over 200 systems deployed in Europe, handling more than 1 billion production picks with minimal human intervention.
The Series B funding was led by Headline VC and will fuel Cortex 2.0 development and U.S. market entry, including a new office in Boston.
This funding brings Sereact's total raised to over $140 million.