Exclaim Robotics
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Founders
About
Exclaim Robotics is a Zurich, Switzerland-based robotics company building autonomous mobile robots that perform routine repair and maintenance tasks inside AI data centers, including cleaning and replacing optics, reconnecting copper cabling, and re-seating drives 123. The robots are designed to navigate the data hall autonomously, position themselves at a rack, and work the front face from the floor to the top rail without requiring changes to the building 13. The company emerged from stealth on 2026-08-04 with a pre-seed round co-led by Founderful and Playfair 123. Exclaim Robotics was founded by Helen Oleynikova, an ETH Zurich PhD with prior research and engineering roles at NVIDIA, Google, and Microsoft 123. Beyond data centers, the company plans to deploy its technology in other environments where infrastructure maintenance is hazardous or remote, particularly in high-voltage energy systems 13.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | Pre-Seed | €4.29M (~$4.95M) | Founderful, Playfair | Angel investors 123 |
Proceeds will fund the company’s first dedicated workspace, acquisition of robotic arms, and expansion of the engineering team (recruiting robotics hardware and machine-learning engineers) 23.
What Investors Say
No independently sourced investor commentary beyond press-release attribution at this time.
What Founders Say
“This poses many safety questions, and we think robots are the answer.”
— Helen Oleynikova, Founder & CEO, Exclaim Robotics, on the shift toward 800-volt DC switching in AI racks 2
Sources
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“Zurich-based Exclaim Robotics exits stealth with €4.29 million to build robots for AI data centre maintenance,” EU-Startups, August 4, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/08/zurich-based-exclaim-robotics-exits-stealth-with-e4-29-million-to-build-robots-for-ai-data-centre-maintenance/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Swiss Startup Exclaim Robotics Emerges From Stealth With Nearly $5M in Funding for AI Data Center Robotics,” The AI Insider, August 4, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/08/04/swiss-startup-exclaim-robotics-emerges-from-stealth-with-nearly-5m-in-funding-for-ai-data-center-robotics/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Former Microsoft researcher launches data center robotics startup,” Data Center Dynamics, August 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/former-microsoft-researcher-launches-data-center-robotics-startup/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩