Robotics & physical AI · Tel Aviv, IL · founded 2025
Enigma: who founded it, who funds it
Enigma is a Tel Aviv robotics lab founded in 2025 by Jonathan Jacobi and Gal Niv, who came from Microsoft and Unit 8200. What it is building: foundation models for robots, with the software and interfaces that make robotic systems easier to deploy and operate. It has raised $71M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed of $71M in July 2026, led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital. It has not released anything outsiders can use yet.
- Founders
- Jonathan Jacobi (ex-Microsoft), Gal Niv (ex-Unit 8200)
- Founders from
- ex-Microsoft, ex-Unit 8200
- Location
- Tel Aviv, IL (Middle East)
- Valuation
- ·
- Raised
- $71M disclosed
- Investors
- Index Ventures lead, Ribbit Capital lead, Conviction
- What ships
- Research only
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | SeedAngels include researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Thinking Machines, xAI and Cognition | $71M | · | Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital | calcalistech.com |
Sources
- Enigma emerges from stealth with $71M seed (CTech) calcalistech.com
- Enigma emerges from stealth (Unite.AI) unite.ai
News
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Jul 27, 2026
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Investors who back other labs here
- Index Ventures also: Cartesia, Inherent
- Ribbit Capital also: Harmonic
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