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Eclipse Ventures, based in Palo Alto, has raised $1.3 billion to invest in physical AI, dividing it into a $591 million early-stage fund and another for growth companies. Their portfolio includes companies like Arcs electric boats, Redwood Materials for battery recycling, Bedrock Robotics for self-driving construction gear, Wayves autonomous vehicle tech, and Mind Robotics for industrial bots. Partner Jiten Behl sees this as the dawn of a new tech era, with AI colliding with the tangible world. Investors are excited as physical AI feels like the next gold rush, and Eclipse stands out by targeting every corner from transportation and energy to infrastructure, compute, and even defense. They aim to create an ecosystem where their startups link up early to scale fast and prove their worth.

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