Italian Cyberwave raises 7 million to simplify industrial automation
Investment led by United Ventures. The company wants to make robotics accessible and reconfigurable for all companies
Italian Cyberwave, with offices in Milan, Zurich and San Francisco, active in artificial intelligence and robotics with the aim of simplifying industrial automation, has closed a 7 million euro round led by United Ventures with the participation of The TechShop. The deal also includes the support of the Vento (Exor) and Pi Campus funds and relevant angel investors.
The catalogue on the site shows robots, drones and robotic dogs. Cyberwave creates a system that makes it easy to connect and make different machines work together as 'plug and play' modules. It uses artificial intelligence and digital twins (virtual copies) to make the robots learn new tasks and adapt themselves. Thus, factories become more flexible and automatic, without the need to reprogramme every time.
Cyberwave wants to make robotics accessible and reconfigurable for all companies. The funding accompanies the launch of the digital twins platform planned for October 2025 and will support the expansion of the developer ecosystem, as well as the validation of the first enterprise use cases in the manufacturing, logistics and inspection sectors.
Founded by serial entrepreneurs Simone Di Somma (Askdata, acquired by SAP) and Vittorio Banfi (Botsociety), Cyberwave intends to position itself as the European leader in AI-driven automation infrastructure.
Today, implementing artificial intelligence in the physical world is still slow and expensive. Each robot, sensor or actuator has proprietary APIs and specifications, and most projects are handled by system integrators, making automation rigid and expensive. According to McKinsey, almost 30 per cent of manufacturing activities remain manual due to integration complexity, while Bain predicts a global shortage of 8 million workers in manufacturing by 2030.
