Darwin Robotics raises $3.6M pre-seed to build robot technicians for data centers
Led by Link Ventures, the San Francisco startup founded by brothers Sergio and Luigi Charles is targeting initial data center deployments in early 2027.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: x.com
Why it matters
AI spending is creating demand for data centers faster than operators can hire the technicians who install, commission and maintain them. Darwin Robotics is betting that robots trained from human demonstrations can take on that physical work, starting under supervision in live facilities. The early 2027 deployment target gives the $3.6M pre-seed a concrete test: a named operator, real racks and repeated technician tasks.
Darwin Robotics has raised $3.6M in pre-seed funding to build general-purpose robot technicians for data centers, the company said in a thread on X on November 6th. Link Ventures led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures and Rebel Fund, alongside unnamed co-founders of OpenAI, xAI and Y Combinator. Darwin Robotics lists the same venture firms among its backers on its website, where it also names Globivest and Script Capital.…
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