Maxinsights has raised $30M in seed funding to turn footage of everyday work into robot training data. The company says it has more than 30 customers, including frontier AI labs, with 8 on recurring contracts.
Peak XV led the Maxinsights funding round. Alongside the funding, the startup launched MaxLoop, software that checks incoming footage, and MaxGlove, a sensor glove that measures grip force.
More than 5,000 contractors in 6 countries record tasks such as loading dishwashers, making smoothies and washing cars. Maxinsights says it has collected more than 2 million hours of footage, with 1.5 million hours ready for models. The approach addresses a shortage of real-world data for training robots.
Maxinsights sells data to multiple companies rather than collecting it only for its own models. Its existing offices are in China and Indonesia, with further offices planned for Turkey and Mexico. For companies building robot AI models, this offers an external source of training data rather than requiring them to organise all the filming themselves.
The funding commits capital to the data supply chain that robot developers need, rather than another robot prototype.
Recurring contracts show that some customers already treat externally collected training data as an ongoing requirement.
Automated footage checks and grip-force recording make data quality and physical interaction part of the product, not just the volume of video.
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