Enigma, a recently unstealthed startup, has announced a $71 million seed raise and the launch of an online experience that lets users interact in real time with AI‑driven robots. Founded less than a year ago by Jonathan Jacobi and Gal Niv, the company says it has developed models and interfaces that make robots both smarter and easier to use across a variety of hardware platforms.
Top-tier investors behind Enigma
The financing was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Conviction Partners and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, xAI, Cognition and Wiz. Framed as a $71 million seed round, the raise is a high‑profile debut for a firm barely a year old.
An interactive online experience
Enigma has launched robots.online, which it bills as “the world’s first interactive AI robotics experience.” The site reportedly lets anyone interact in real time with robots powered by Enigma’s models, lowering the barrier to entry by removing the need for local hardware.
Models optimized for the physical world
The startup says it has developed more efficient training methods for its robotics foundations, cutting back on the need for massive manual data collection while preserving reliability in real‑world environments. Enigma also emphasizes novel user interfaces as a critical element for making robots broadly usable.
A market attracting massive capital
The financial backdrop underscores the ambition: investors poured more than $40 billion into robotics in 2025, and humanoid robots are being positioned as a category that could expand into a multi‑trillion‑dollar market. Those figures reflect strong demand for robotic solutions that combine high performance with real usability.
“No matter how capable robots get, if they aren’t intuitive to use, most people never will,” says Jonathan Jacobi, Enigma’s cofounder and CEO.
