MA-based Walden Robotics, a Toyota robotics spin-off that has started selling humanoid robots, emerges from stealth with a ~$300M seed at a $1.1B valuation (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-15/toyota-backed-robotics-startup-walden-launches-with-1-1-billion-valuation"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260715/i11.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260715/p11#a260715p11" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Samantha Kelly / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-15/toyota-backed-robotics-startup-walden-launches-with-1-1-billion-valuation">MA-based Walden Robotics, a Toyota robotics spin-off that has started selling humanoid robots, emerges from stealth with a ~$300M seed at a $1.1B valuation</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Walden Robotics, a startup working on humanoids that was spun out of a Toyota robotics research lab, has secured approximately $300 million &hellip; </p>