Tera AI

Tera AI is developing a groundbreaking spatial AI to solve autonomy at a foundational level.

Robotics and hardware

Latest funding

$7.8M Seed · March 19, 2025

Led by Felicis · Source: techcrunch.com

Funding history ↓

Website: tera-ai.com.

X: @teraai_ · 96 followers.

LinkedIn: foundation-model-startup.

Category: Robotics and hardware.

Stage: Seed.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Last round: Mar 19, 2025 · 606 days ago.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@teraai_ · created Mar 14, 2025 (20 months old) · 96 followers

Website registeredFeb 16, 2021 (5 years old)

About Tera AI

Our team includes AI pioneers from Google X, Google Brain, and Unity, with deep expertise in commercialization and unexplored AI applications in robotics, drones, and autonomous systems.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Mar 19, 2025	Seed	$7.8M	FFelicis	techcrunch.com

Timeline

March 14, 2025
X account created
February 16, 2021
Website created

Founders and team

TZ
Tony Zhang Founder

@tonyzhang_ · source: x.com

Investors

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Felicis portfolio →

Sources and API

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