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The VC firm behind Shopify is doubling down on robotics and defense

The venture capital firm, best known for bets on Shopify, Notion, and Mercor, has hired a new partner to invest in physical world technologies.

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Felicis recruited Graham Littlehale to back robotics and manufacturing foundation models—VC capital moving hard-tech as AI graduates from chatbots. Q1 2026 set record: $16.3B in robotics funding driven by labor shortages, cost reduction, and supply-chain reshoring.

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