--- url: 'https://qubit.capital/blog/us-series-a-weekly-funding-roundup-mar-10-17-2026' title: 'US Series A Weekly Funding Roundup (Mar 10-17, 2026): $1.20B Raised Across 9 Deals' author: name: Sagar Agrawal url: 'https://qubit.capital/blog/author/sagar' date: '2026-03-17T16:48:17+05:30' modified: '2026-03-17T18:02:08+05:30' type: post summary: 'Nine US Series A rounds totaled $1.20B this week, led by Mind Robotics ($500M) and Rhoda AI ($450M). Robotics, cybersecurity, and healthcare AI dominated.' categories: - Weekly Funding Roundup image: 'https://qubit.capital/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Us-Series-a-funding-weekly-roundup-march-week-3.webp' published: true --- # US Series A Weekly Funding Roundup (Mar 10-17, 2026): $1.20B Raised Across 9 Deals US Series A activity surged this week with nine startups raising a combined $1.20 billion between March 10 and March 17, 2026. Two massive robotics deals—Mind Robotics at $500 million and Rhoda AI at $450 million—accounted for nearly 80 percent of the total, signaling that physical AI has become the highest-conviction bet for top-tier venture firms. Beyond robotics, cybersecurity and healthcare AI continued to attract significant capital. Kai pulled in $125 million for its agentic IT/OT security platform, while Translucent and Amigo AI raised for hospital finance and clinical agents respectively. The week also saw strong conviction in vertical AI plays—from supply chain operations to HVAC services—reflecting a market that increasingly rewards domain-specific intelligence over horizontal platforms. Weekly Funding Roundup MAR 10-17, 2026 $1.2B TOTAL RAISED 9DEALS CLOSED MixedSTAGE $134MAVG DEAL SIZE USTOP REGION BY STAGE Series A$1.2B98% Series A (includes $20M Series A)$26M2% BY SECTOR Mind RoboticsDeep Tech / Industrial Robotics$500M Rhoda AIAI / Robotics$450M KaiCybersecurity$125M TranslucentHealthtech / AI$27M BackOpsAI / Supply Chain$26M Reclaim SecurityCybersecurity$26M PactFiFintech$25M RebarAI / Vertical SaaS$14M Amigo AIHealthtech / AI$11M Table of Contents - [1. Mind Robotics Raises $500M for Industrial Automation](#1-mind-robotics-raises-$500m-for-industrial-automation) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision) - [Market Context](#market-context) - [2. Rhoda AI Emerges From Stealth With $450M for Physical AI](#2-rhoda-ai-emerges-from-stealth-with-$450m-for-physical-ai) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-1) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-1) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-1) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-1) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-1) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-1) - [Market Context](#market-context-1) - [3. Kai Raises $125M for Agentic Cybersecurity Platform](#3-kai-raises-$125m-for-agentic-cybersecurity-platform) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-2) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-2) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-2) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-2) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-2) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-2) - [Market Context](#market-context-2) - [4. Translucent Raises $27M for Hospital Finance AI](#4-translucent-raises-$27m-for-hospital-finance-ai) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-3) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-3) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-3) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-3) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-3) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-3) - [Market Context](#market-context-3) - [5. BackOps Raises $26M for AI Supply Chain OS](#5-backops-raises-$26m-for-ai-supply-chain-os) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-4) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-4) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-4) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-4) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-4) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-4) - [Market Context](#market-context-4) - [6. Reclaim Security Raises $26M for Autonomous Vulnerability Remediation](#6-reclaim-security-raises-$26m-for-autonomous-vulnerability-remediation) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-5) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-5) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-5) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-5) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-5) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-5) - [Market Context](#market-context-5) - [7. PactFi Raises $25M Series A in Fintech](#7-pactfi-raises-$25m-series-a-in-fintech) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-6) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-6) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-6) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-6) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-6) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-6) - [Market Context](#market-context-6) - [8. Rebar Raises $14M for Vertical AI in Skilled Trades](#8-rebar-raises-$14m-for-vertical-ai-in-skilled-trades) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-7) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-7) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-7) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-7) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-7) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-7) - [Market Context](#market-context-7) - [9. Amigo AI Raises $11M for Clinical AI Agents](#9-amigo-ai-raises-$11m-for-clinical-ai-agents) [Deal Overview](#deal-overview-8) - [Investor Profile](#investor-profile-8) - [Company and Leadership](#company-and-leadership-8) - [Problem and Opportunity](#problem-and-opportunity-8) - [Product and Technology](#product-and-technology-8) - [Use of Proceeds and Vision](#use-of-proceeds-and-vision-8) - [Market Context](#market-context-8) - [Lessons For Founders](#lessons-for-founders) ## 1. Mind Robotics Raises $500M for Industrial Automation ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** Deep Tech / Industrial Robotics - **Geography:** United States - **Round Size:** $500 million - **Valuation:** $2 billion ### Investor Profile Accel and Andreessen Horowitz co-led this round, bringing two of the most active deep tech investors together on a single deal. Both firms have accelerated their robotics portfolios over the past year, and this co-investment signals high conviction in the industrial automation thesis over consumer-facing humanoid plays. ### Company and Leadership [Mind Robotics](https://www.mindrobotics.com) was founded in November 2025 as a spinout from Rivian by CEO RJ Scaringe. The company previously raised a $115 million seed round, bringing total funding to approximately $615 million. Scaringe’s experience scaling Rivian’s manufacturing operations gives the company a rare founder-market fit in industrial robotics. ### Problem and Opportunity The United States has over one million unfilled manufacturing jobs, a gap that continues to widen as reshoring accelerates. Existing automation handles repetitive tasks well but fails at the dexterous, adaptive work that still requires human hands. Mind Robotics targets that gap directly. ### Product and Technology The company builds industrial robots designed for dexterous factory tasks—not humanoid robots. It uses Rivian’s own manufacturing lines as a live training environment, giving the platform exclusive access to real-world production data that competitors cannot easily replicate. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision Funds will scale the platform and build out a team spanning AI, robotics, and manufacturing engineering. The company plans mass deployment by the end of 2026, targeting the factories that need automation most urgently. ### Market Context The global industrial automation market is valued in the trillions. Reshoring pressure, labor shortages, and rising wages are converging to create a window where robotic dexterity at scale could reshape American manufacturing. ## 2. Rhoda AI Emerges From Stealth With $450M for Physical AI ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** AI / Robotics - **Geography:** United States (Palo Alto) - **Round Size:** $450 million - **Valuation:** $1.7 billion ### Investor Profile A nine-investor syndicate led by Premji Invest and Khosla Ventures, joined by Temasek, Mayfield, Capricorn, Prelude, Xora, Leitmotif, and Matter. Angel investor John Doerr also participated. The breadth of this syndicate—spanning US, Asia, and sovereign capital—reflects global conviction in the physical AI opportunity. ### Company and Leadership [Rhoda AI](https://www.rhodaai.com) spent 18 months in stealth before emerging with this massive round. Co-founder and CEO Jagdeep Singh previously founded QuantumScape (valued at $9.65 billion) and Infinera ($2.3 billion). Chief Scientist Eric Ryan Chan brings Stanford research credentials in generative AI and computer vision. ### Problem and Opportunity The global manual labor market exceeds $30 trillion annually, yet robots remain largely confined to structured environments. Teaching robots to interact with unstructured real-world settings remains one of the hardest unsolved problems in AI. ### Product and Technology Rhoda AI’s FutureVision system uses video-predictive control—pre-training on internet-scale video data to teach robots how physical interactions unfold over time. The bimanual manipulation platform enables robots to perform tasks requiring two-handed coordination, a critical capability gap in current systems. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision The capital will fund R&D across generative AI, computer vision, and robotics hardware. At 10,000 deployed units, the company projects $1 billion in annual recurring revenue. ### Market Context Rhoda AI enters a competitive physical AI race alongside Physical Intelligence, Figure AI, and 1X Technologies. The differentiation lies in its video-prediction approach versus the reinforcement-learning paradigms favored by competitors. ## 3. Kai Raises $125M for Agentic Cybersecurity Platform ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** Cybersecurity - **Geography:** United States (San Jose) - **Round Size:** $125 million ### Investor Profile Evolution Equity Partners led with participation from N47 Ventures. Evolution has a strong track record in cybersecurity investments, and this represents one of the largest Series A rounds in the security space this year. ### Company and Leadership [Kai](https://www.kai.security) was founded in 2025 by Galina Antova, who co-founded Claroty (valued at over $3 billion), and Dr. Damiano Bolzoni, who co-founded SecurityMatters (acquired by Forescout). The company reached seven-figure bookings within its first 10 months. ### Problem and Opportunity As IT and operational technology networks converge, enterprises are forced to stitch together separate tools—SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and OT monitoring—into fragile security stacks. AI-enabled cyberattacks are making this patchwork approach increasingly untenable. ### Product and Technology Kai has built what it calls the first agentic AI cybersecurity platform, unifying IT and OT security into a single autonomous system. Rather than alerting humans and waiting for action, the platform uses AI agents to detect, investigate, and respond to threats across both domains. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision Funds will support go-to-market expansion, AI research, and global enterprise sales. The company positions itself as the AI-powered operating system for cybersecurity. ### Market Context The convergence of IT and OT security, combined with the rise of AI-enabled attacks, is creating a new category of cybersecurity infrastructure. No existing vendor has successfully unified both domains in an agentic platform, giving Kai a first-mover window. ## 4. Translucent Raises $27M for Hospital Finance AI ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** Healthtech / AI - **Geography:** United States (New York) - **Round Size:** $27 million ### Investor Profile GV led the round with participation from NEA, Virtue, FPV Ventures, and Redesign Health. The round was preemptive and oversubscribed, coming just seven months after a $7 million seed—a strong signal of product-market fit velocity. ### Company and Leadership [Translucent](https://www.translucent.ai) was founded in 2024 in New York City. The speed from seed to Series A—preemptive and oversubscribed—suggests the company demonstrated measurable traction with hospital systems in a remarkably short window. ### Problem and Opportunity US healthcare is a $5.6 trillion industry, yet hospital margins hover between 1 and 3 percent. Most hospital finance teams operate reactively, catching revenue leakage and claim denials after the fact rather than preventing them in real time. ### Product and Technology Translucent offers an AI financial operating system for hospitals that monitors productivity, claim denials, coding accuracy, and margins around the clock. Deep integrations with Epic and Oracle Health create high switching costs and position the platform as a system of record rather than a point tool. The company has built a proprietary healthcare financial ontology that structures hospital financial data in ways generic AI cannot. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision Capital will fund product development, team expansion, and onboarding of additional health systems. The long-term vision is to become the default AI financial layer for every hospital in the country. ### Market Context With hospital margins under constant pressure and staffing challenges in revenue cycle management, AI-driven financial oversight is moving from nice-to-have to essential infrastructure for health system CFOs. ## 5. BackOps Raises $26M for AI Supply Chain OS ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** AI / Supply Chain - **Geography:** United States (San Francisco) - **Round Size:** $26 million ### Investor Profile Theory Ventures led the round, with Tomasz Tunguz personally championing the deal. Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), Construct Capital, and 10VC joined. Total funding now stands at approximately $34 million. ### Company and Leadership [BackOps](https://www.backops.com) was founded in 2024 in San Francisco. The company has attracted a strong investor syndicate that spans AI-native (Gradient), infrastructure-focused (Construct), and SaaS-specialist (Theory) funds. ### Problem and Opportunity Modern supply chains rely on 40 to 60 fragmented processes—from claims management to carrier negotiations—that require constant manual coordination. Post-COVID complexity and tariff volatility have made this patchwork unmanageable at scale. ### Product and Technology BackOps bills itself as the first AI-native operating system for supply chain operations. Its AI Process Center and Relay agentic engine deliver measurable results: 100 percent of claims filed automatically, 93 percent faster response times, and 60 percent time savings across operations. Each deployment builds a proprietary knowledge base, with cross-customer pattern learning strengthening the platform over time. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision The company will scale its team and accelerate its product roadmap, aiming to become the system of record for supply chain operations—a Salesforce-like platform for logistics. ### Market Context Most supply chain tech focuses on visibility. BackOps differentiates by focusing on action—automating the operational workflows that sit between visibility and resolution. ## 6. Reclaim Security Raises $26M for Autonomous Vulnerability Remediation ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A (includes $20M Series A) - **Sector:** Cybersecurity - **Geography:** United States - **Round Size:** $26 million ### Investor Profile Acrew Capital led the round. Acrew has been building a focused portfolio in next-generation security infrastructure, and this investment signals confidence in AI-driven remediation as a standalone category. ### Company and Leadership [Reclaim Security](https://www.reclaimsecurity.com) is tackling one of the most persistent pain points in cybersecurity: the gap between detecting vulnerabilities and actually fixing them. Most security teams drown in alerts but lack the bandwidth to remediate at the pace threats demand. ### Problem and Opportunity Vulnerability scanners generate thousands of findings, but remediation remains manual, slow, and often deprioritized. As attack surfaces expand with cloud and AI adoption, the remediation bottleneck has become one of the most exploited weaknesses in enterprise security. ### Product and Technology Reclaim Security has built an AI-driven platform that autonomously remediates vulnerabilities, moving beyond detection-and-alert to automated resolution. This approach addresses the chronic staffing shortage in security operations by converting findings into fixes without human intervention. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision The combined $26 million will fund platform expansion and go-to-market efforts as the company moves to capture the autonomous remediation category early. ### Market Context With 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions globally, automation of remediation workflows is no longer optional. Enterprises need platforms that close the loop from detection to resolution autonomously. ## 7. PactFi Raises $25M Series A in Fintech ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** Fintech - **Geography:** United States - **Round Size:** $25 million ### Investor Profile 7RIDGE Ecosystem Impact Fund and Vestigo Ventures led the round. Vestigo specializes in fintech infrastructure, while 7RIDGE brings a thesis around ecosystem-scale financial platforms—a combination that points to PactFi’s ambition in financial services infrastructure. ### Company and Leadership [PactFi](https://www.pactfi.com) secured $25 million in Series A funding, positioning itself within the competitive US fintech landscape. The backing from specialized financial technology investors suggests strong product differentiation and early traction. ### Problem and Opportunity The fintech space continues to evolve rapidly, with infrastructure plays commanding increasing attention from investors seeking durable, platform-level businesses rather than consumer-facing applications with high acquisition costs. ### Product and Technology PactFi is building financial technology infrastructure that has attracted conviction from investors with deep fintech domain expertise. The investment from ecosystem-focused funds suggests the platform is designed to serve as connective tissue within broader financial workflows. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision The $25 million will fuel product development and market expansion as PactFi builds out its fintech platform and scales its customer base. ### Market Context Fintech Series A rounds in the $20–30 million range have become competitive, with investors favoring companies that demonstrate clear unit economics and infrastructure-level defensibility over growth-at-all-costs models. ## 8. Rebar Raises $14M for Vertical AI in Skilled Trades ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** AI / Vertical SaaS - **Geography:** United States - **Round Size:** $14 million ### Investor Profile Prudence led the round alongside Zero Infinity Partners, Founder Collective, and Villain Capital. Founder Collective’s involvement is notable—the firm has a track record of backing vertical AI companies early and staying through scale. ### Company and Leadership [Rebar](https://www.rebar.ai) is building a vertical AI platform specifically for the HVAC, electrical, and plumbing trades—industries that collectively represent hundreds of billions in annual revenue but remain among the least digitized sectors in the economy. ### Problem and Opportunity Skilled trades face a severe labor shortage compounded by aging workforces, paper-based workflows, and fragmented software tools that were never designed for field operations. The gap between available technology and industry needs is enormous. ### Product and Technology Rebar’s AI platform is purpose-built for trade professionals, addressing the specific operational workflows of HVAC, electrical, and plumbing businesses. By focusing on a vertical that horizontal platforms have consistently underserved, Rebar can build deep domain models that generic tools cannot match. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision The $14 million will accelerate product development and customer acquisition in the skilled trades vertical, a market where AI adoption is still in its earliest stages. ### Market Context Vertical AI is proving that domain depth beats horizontal breadth. The trades represent a massive, underserved market where purpose-built AI can deliver outsized productivity gains compared to generic business software. ## 9. Amigo AI Raises $11M for Clinical AI Agents ### Deal Overview - **Stage:** Series A - **Sector:** Healthtech / AI - **Geography:** United States - **Round Size:** $11 million ### Investor Profile Madrona and Optum Ventures co-led the round. Optum’s participation is strategically significant—as the technology arm of UnitedHealth Group, their investment signals potential distribution through one of the largest healthcare ecosystems in the country. ### Company and Leadership [Amigo AI](https://www.amigoai.com) is building patient-facing clinical agents, positioning itself at the intersection of AI and direct patient care. The combination of a top-tier Pacific Northwest venture firm and a strategic healthcare investor provides both capital and distribution advantages. ### Problem and Opportunity Healthcare systems face a growing gap between patient demand and clinician availability. Administrative burden consumes a significant portion of clinical time, leaving patients underserved and providers burned out. Patient-facing AI agents can extend care capacity without adding headcount. ### Product and Technology Amigo AI’s platform deploys clinical AI agents that interact directly with patients—handling intake, triage, follow-up, and ongoing engagement. This patient-facing approach differentiates from the crowded market of clinician-facing AI tools and addresses the demand side of healthcare’s capacity problem. ### Use of Proceeds and Vision The $11 million will fund platform expansion and clinical validation as Amigo AI scales its patient-facing agent capabilities across health systems. ### Market Context While most healthcare AI startups focus on back-office automation or clinician decision support, patient-facing agents represent a less crowded but equally critical category. With Optum’s backing, Amigo AI has a credible path to scaled deployment. ## Lessons For Founders - **Serial founders command outsized rounds.** Mind Robotics (RJ Scaringe/Rivian), Rhoda AI (Jagdeep Singh/QuantumScape), and Kai (Galina Antova/Claroty) all raised nine-figure Series A rounds. Investors are paying significant premiums for founders who have built and scaled companies in adjacent domains before. - **Proprietary training data is the new moat.** Mind Robotics uses Rivian’s factory floors, Rhoda AI uses internet-scale video, and BackOps builds per-customer knowledge bases. In the AI era, access to unique, domain-specific data matters more than model architecture. - **Vertical AI outperforms horizontal plays.** Rebar (trades), Translucent (hospital finance), and BackOps (supply chain) are all winning by going deep into a single industry rather than building broad platforms. The most defensible AI companies know their customer’s workflow better than the customer does. - **Cybersecurity is entering its agentic era.** Kai and Reclaim Security raised a combined $151 million for platforms that act autonomously rather than just alerting. The market is shifting from detection to resolution, and startups that close the loop will capture the next wave of security spend. - **Speed to revenue validates faster than anything else.** Kai hit seven-figure bookings in 10 months. Translucent’s preemptive Series A came 7 months after seed. Investors are compressing timelines—demonstrate revenue traction early, and the capital follows.