Maxinsights, a Santa Clara, California-based startup developing training data infrastructure for physical AI, has raised $30 million in seed funding led by Peak XV Partners. The round also included participation from Tola Capital, South Park Commons, INCE Capital and Alumni Ventures. The company announced the financing on October 22, 2026.
Founded in 2024 by Yuguang (YG) Yuan and Kun Wang, Maxinsights provides data collection and processing infrastructure for robotics developers and physical AI companies. Yuan serves as CEO, while Wang is CTO.
The company converts recordings of everyday human activities into structured datasets that can be used to train robotic foundation models. Its approach involves capturing people performing tasks in natural environments, including homes, restaurants and hotels, rather than relying exclusively on controlled laboratory demonstrations.
Maxinsights manages the data pipeline from collection through quality assessment, annotation, curation and delivery. Its proprietary models process footage to identify activities, hand movements, body motion and interactions with physical objects.
Alongside the fundraising announcement, Maxinsights introduced two products, MaxLoop and MaxGlove.
MaxLoop is an AI-powered system that evaluates incoming recordings and identifies issues during data collection. It is designed to provide faster feedback to data collectors and improve the consistency of training datasets.
MaxGlove is a sensor-equipped glove developed to capture tactile information, including grip force and physical contact. The technology is intended to supplement visual recordings with information that cameras cannot directly measure.
According to the company, Maxinsights has collected more than 2 million hours of real-world activity footage, including approximately 1.5 million hours prepared for model training. It also reported serving more than 30 customers, including AI research laboratories and robotics foundation-model developers.
Its training data has been used in robotics model development, including Genesis AI’s GENE-26.5 and Dyna Robotics’ Dyna-2. Maxinsights is also collaborating with Genesis AI on the development of MaxGlove.
The new capital is intended to support expansion of the company’s data collection infrastructure, further development of its software and hardware technologies, and growth of its international operations.
