# Nidus raises $30M to expand AI robotics in U.S. defense manufacturing

Nidus, a robotics and AI company, raised $30 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, Costanoa, and others to expand deployments of AI-powered robotic systems in U.S. defense factories, focusing on wire processing and wire-harness manufacturing.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2026-11-10
- Where: United States
- Value: $30.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: AI-powered robotic systems, wire processing, wire-harness manufacturing
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Nidus](https://endata.com/companies/95718.md)
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://endata.com/companies/95719.md) (investor)
- [Costanoa](https://endata.com/companies/95720.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [citybiz.co](https://www.citybiz.co/article/932074/nidus-raises-30-million-to-expand-ai-powered-robotics-in-u-s-defense-manufacturing/), 2026-11-10: "We need to leapfrog the rest of the world by deploying physical AI that scales America’s existing industrial capacity."

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