The Flex spinoff is developing industrial robotics software and has secured $179m in a series A round led by Eclipse Ventures, which was founded by Flex alumnus Lior Susan.
Bright Machines, a US-based robotics software startup incubated by supply chain services provider Flex, emerged from stealth yesterday with $179m in series A funding.
The round was led by Eclipse Ventures, the venture capital firm founded by Lior Susan, formerly general partner of Flex’s hardware investment platform, LabIX. The other participants have not been revealed.
Bright Machines has created a software platform that utilises technologies such as artificial intelligence, computer vision and cloud computing to allow flexible-use robots to…