Key Takeaways

• Robotics startups raised more in six months than in any full year on record, and the distribution of that capital points to one layer of the stack in particular.
• Simulation and digital twin tooling crossed a cost threshold this year, driven by a specific technical change in how the tools are built.
• Federal technology policy opened a new manufacturing front, with implications that extend past the headline dollar figure.

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