Dutch Startup Vangrid Raises $9 Mn Seed Funding for AI Spatial Intelligence Network

The company aims to make high-quality spatial data available at the scale needed for Physical AI, without using special or expensive hardware.

Vangrid's platform uses the cameras and sensors already built into billions of smartphones, turning everyday mobile phones into a large, distributed data collection network.

Robert Brighton, CEO of Vangrid: “We are the eyes for the next generation of AI. Without a decentralised perception grid, billion-dollar robots will remain blind to dynamic human environments. This round, and the calibre of partners now standing beside us, signals that the market recognises spatial ground truth as the foundational infrastructure needed for the Physical AI era.”

Vangrid's funding round included investments from HashKey, Borderless, Crypto.com Capital, Animoca Brands, Gate Labs, and Mapleblock.

The company has also signed new Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with strategic data partners to expand its network.

Vangrid is working closely with organizations developing defence and robotics technologies.

The company says real transactions are already taking place on its platform, showing that its network is working successfully.

The new funding will help Vangrid grow its network, improve its edge computing technology, and strengthen partnerships with enterprise customers in the defence and autonomous systems sectors.

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