Robotics & physical AI · Palo Alto, US · founded 2025
Noetive: who founded it, who funds it
Noetive is a Palo Alto robotics lab founded in 2025 by Amir Frenkel and Dan Barak, who came from Meta and Netlify. What it is building: an industrial AI model for physical industries: a self-improving operational-intelligence platform; incubated by Eclipse. It has raised $41M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed of $41M in September 2026, led by Eclipse. It has not released anything outsiders can use yet.
- Founders
- Amir Frenkel (ex-Meta), Dan Barak (ex-Netlify)
- Founders from
- ex-Meta, ex-Netlify
- Location
- Palo Alto, US (North America)
- Valuation
- ·
- Raised
- $41M disclosed
- Investors
- Eclipse lead, Craft Ventures, Westly Group
- What ships
- Research only
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Seed | $41M | · | Eclipse | finsmes.com |
Sources
- WSJ wsj.com
News
- Sep 18, 2026
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Sep 16, 2026
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Investors who back other labs here
- Eclipse also: Genesis AI
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