# USV co-leads Machenta's $40 million seed round, betting on one-shot robot models

- Source: Union Square Ventures
- Published: 2026-10-27T04:00:00.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/ubtbxhfmxvro61ryxblqahb38
- Original: https://www.usv.com/writing/physical-vibe-coding-our-investment-in-machenta

## Summary

Union Square Ventures announced it co-led Machenta's $40 million seed round with Creandum. Machenta's model is trained entirely on synthetic data, and a robot can begin performing a task after watching a single demonstration, without collecting real-world training data.