Sereact raises $110 million Series B for AI robotics software

Sereact, the Stuttgart-based AI robotics software company, has raised $110 million in a Series B round led by Headline, the international venture firm with offices in Berlin, San Francisco, and Paris. New investors Bullhound Capital, Felix Capital, and Daphni joined alongside several existing backers. The company declined to disclose its valuation. Funds will be used to develop Sereact's core AI model and to scale deployment across logistics, manufacturing, and humanoid robot platforms. Sereact was founded in 2021 by Ralf Gulde and Marc Tuscher, both former AI researchers at the University of Stuttgart. The company's technical approach is grounded in Vision Language Action Models: AI systems that combine computer vision, natural language understanding, and action planning into a single model, allowing robots to perceive their environment, interpret instructions, and execute physical tasks without requiring complex programming. A robot picking a fragile object can evaluate whether its planned grip will cause damage before its gripper closes. That capability differentiates Sereact in a market where most industrial robotics still operate on pre-programmed sequences that assume a controlled environment. Customers include BMW Group, Daimler Truck, the Dutch e-commerce fulfilment company Bol, and logistics specialists MS Direct and Active Ants. The deployment at automotive OEMs represents production environments where the economic cost of a robot failure is measured in line stoppages. Sereact raised $5 million in seed funding in 2023, approximately $26 million in a Series A led by Creandum in January 2025, and now $110 million in April 2026. Creandum's Johan Brenner said at the Series A that "most AI robotics companies are currently hardware-first. What sets Sereact apart is their software-first, foundational approach which means they have the potential to become the brain of any robot that requires vision and autonomous capabilities." The global humanoid robot market, valued at under $1 billion in 2023, is projected to exceed $38 billion by 2030. Sereact has stated its intention to expand beyond logistics into humanoid robot platforms.