VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups

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Venture capital firm Eclipse announced $1.3 billion in new funding split between early-stage and growth investment funds. The Palo Alto-based firm focuses on physical AI startups across transportation, energy, infrastructure, and defense sectors. Eclipse plans to build an ecosystem where portfolio companies partner together to scale. The firm has already begun incubating new companies. Partner Jiten Behl described physical AI as the next major technological era, following internet, mobile, cloud, and social media waves.

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