Iván Hernández Dalas: Trener Robotics raises $32M for robot-agnostic skills platform

Trener Robotics founders Asad Tirmizi and Lars Tingelstad.

Trener Robotics founders Asad Tirmizi, the CEO, and Lars Tingelstad, the CTO. | Source: Trener Robotics

Programming robots typically requires specialized coding experience. Trener Robotics this week closed a $32 million Series A round to accelerate its T-Labs research and development, provide new skills training, acquire global talent, and expand partnerships and markets.

“For decades, industrial robotics has been limited by dynamic complexity, confining millions of robotic arms to repetitive, single-purpose tasks in highly controlled environments,” said Dr. Asad Tirmizi, co-founder and CEO of Trener Robotics. “We’re fundamentally changing this — transforming robots into intelligent, adaptable teammates by replacing procedural programming with a control system that supports a growing library of production-ready skills. ”

“Our go-to-market strategy empowers systems integrators and OEMs with a robot AI skills platform for deploying and controlling robots across diverse industrial environments,” he added.

Founded in 2024, Trener Robotics said Acteris is a robot-agnostic skills platform. Instead of rigid coding, the platform lets operators describe the tasks they want to automate in their own words. Acteris turns conversational input into executable automation.

With physical AI, the platform can adapt to changing parts and unstructured production environments in real time, claimed the company, which is headquartered in San Francisco and Trondheim, Norway.

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Acteris positions robots as co-workers

Trained on visual, haptic, language, and action data, Acteris enables industrial robots to self-learn and thrive as workers in complex production environments, said Trener Robotics.

Formerly known as T-Robotics, the company said its platform offers:

  • An agentic interface enabling robot programming through natural conversation, intuitive task sequences, and high-fidelity simulation—empowering end users and system integrators of any skill level to build safe, high-performance applications
  • Part identification and handling with vision, even under adverse conditions
  • Optimized robot motions that react to changes with unprecedented robustness
  • Intelligent collision avoidance and safety features that mimic common sense
  • Real-time production dashboards for performance monitoring

Trener said Acteris is a practical, shop-floor-proven solution that runs on the equipment that manufacturers already own. This separates its from brittle, narrowly scripted systems or research-first generalist platforms. Real production feedback drives continuous improvement, it asserted.

Trener sees momentum in Europe and the U.S.

The market for flexible, adaptable automation is advancing at a 14.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to Mordor Intelligence. It said persistent labor shortages, demand for high-mix production, and rising operational costs are prompting manufacturers to seek systems with a rapid return on investment.

In 2025, Trener Robotics collaborated with more than 15 systems and integration partners across Europe and the U.S., and integrated robot brands such as ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC into Acteris.

Engine Ventures and IAG Capital Partners co-led Trener’s latest funding, which closely followed its seed round. The Series A round also included participation from strategic investors Cadence and Geodesic Capital, through Nikon’s NFocus Fund.

“When we co-led Trener Robotics’ seed round, we saw a team with a clear vision to solve one of automation’s biggest bottlenecks,” said Reed Sturtevant, general partner at Engine Ventures. “Their execution and ability to rapidly scale has been remarkable. This traction positions Acteris as the intelligence layer for physical automation and reinforces their ability to scale through partner-led distribution.”

Trener Robotics said its total funding to date is more than $38 million.

“Industrial automation is at an inflection point, with Trener Robotics well-positioned as a platform accessible to manufacturers of all sizes, creating a repeatable path for expanding capabilities beyond CNC machine tending,” said Dennis Sacha, Partner at IAG Capital Partners. “This is precisely what small and mid-sized enterprises globally need to compete as AI redefines manufacturing.”

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