{
  "id": 1776321,
  "title": "VC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested from 2022 to 2024 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/vc-funding-in-physical-ai-companies-totaled-47-4b-across-521-deals-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/physical-ai-funding-startups-robotics-aerospace-h1-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Funding to physical AI companies is booming in 2026. — Venture investors appear to increasingly see physical AI as the next leg of the broader AI boom.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}