Enigma
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Enigma is a robotics research lab developing intuitive human-robot interfaces and proprietary AI models by studying how people naturally interact with machines 123. On 2026-07-27, the company announced a seed round co-led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners and angel investors from OpenAI, Anthropic, Thinking Machines, xAI, and Cognition 134. The round amount is reported as $70 million by TechCrunch and TheNextWeb and $71 million by Israeli press (Calcalist, Value Add) — Enigma’s own materials via Israeli coverage cite $71M 134. The company houses more than 100 proprietary AI robots in hangars in Israel and California and is launching a large-scale experiment that allows anyone in the world to interact online with the robots — which can perform tasks such as drawing pictures with a paintbrush, sword-fighting each other, and running simple chemistry experiments by picking up and mixing flasks 23. Enigma was co-founded by Jonathan Jacobi (CEO, reported to be Microsoft’s youngest-ever employee and a former Israeli intelligence operative) and Gal Niv (CTO) 34.
Disclaimer: This is a lean profile built from initial round coverage and may be expanded as more information becomes available.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | Seed | $71M | Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital | Conviction Partners 134 |
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
“AI’s next chapter is moving beyond chatbots and screens into systems that can understand, adapt to, and operate in the physical world.”
— Jonathan Jacobi, CEO & Co-Founder, July 2026 3.
“If you had to do your dishes and spent 15 minutes explaining to a robot where to put everything, everyone reaches the point of ‘Forget it, I’ll just do it myself.’”
— Jonathan Jacobi, CEO & Co-Founder, July 2026 2.
“No matter how good robots get, if they aren’t intuitive enough, not enough people will use them.”
— Jonathan Jacobi, CEO & Co-Founder, July 2026 3.
Sources
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“Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume,” TechCrunch, July 27, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/enigma-raises-70m-to-make-controlling-a-robot-as-easy-as-adjusting-the-volume/↩↩↩↩
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“Enigma raised $70M to let anyone online control its robots and figure out how humans actually want to talk to machines,” TheNextWeb, July 27, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://thenextweb.com/news/enigma-70m-seed-robot-interaction-experiment↩↩↩
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“Israeli AI robotics startup Enigma emerges from stealth with $71 million Seed round,” Calcalist (Ctech), July 27, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1tdxjhrgx↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Enigma Emerges From Stealth With $71M Robot Seed,” Value Add Pulse, July 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://valueaddvc.com/pulse/enigma-71-million-seed-robotics-202↩↩↩↩