Makiina
Modular hardware + software stack for physical intelligence — drone motors, actuators, power electronics and sensor units built as interoperable blocks, with an in-house perception stack and an AI robotics foundation model, so physical AI agents can be assembled cheaply and at scale. "Made in Finland". The legal entity is AQL Robotics Oy (Makiina is the trading name); founder & CEO Fayez Alsalka. 6 staff (2025).
The row
- Stage
- Pre-revenue — No sales yet
- Location
- Tampere
- Founded
- 2024
- Business ID
- 3435880-1 · Finnish trade register
- Funding
- ~$0.8M pre-seed (FOV Ventures, 2024) + undisclosed follow-on
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