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. Notably, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, many firms known for early bets on software, internet services and social media companies are writing more checks to companies building “physical technologies and materials tied to the artificial-intelligence boom.” Crunchbase data backs this up. In the first half of 2026, global ve...