Maxinsights, the company building the data layer for physical AI, announced a $30 million seed round led by PeakXV, with participation from Tola Capital and others. It pays everyday people to wear its cameras while they cook, clean or do their jobs, then turns the footage into robot training data. Its MaxLoop platform automates quality control and cuts the human review team by 90%, while the MaxGlove sensor glove captures grip and object weight that cameras cannot see. The company has captured more than 2 million hours of footage, 1.5 million of them model-ready, and serves over 30 customers, eight of them on recurring contracts. Investment in physical AI reached $47.4 billion in the first half of 2026, nearly four times the total for the second half of 2025.
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