Tensrai Raises Rs 3.4 Crore in Pre-Seed Round
India Accelerator, Finvolve and Hyderabad Angels back the Hyderabad startup's pre-seed round.
Key Takeaways
- Tensrai raised Rs 3.4 crore in a pre-seed round.
- Investors are India Accelerator, Finvolve, Hyderabad Angels and other angels.
- The Hyderabad startup builds autonomy that can be retrofitted onto existing machines.
- It earns through robot sales, retrofitting, RaaS and custom solutions.
- Funds will go to technology, engineering, deployment and expansion.
Tensrai, a Hyderabad-based physical AI startup, has raised Rs 3.4 crore in a pre-seed round. The company builds autonomy technology that can be fitted onto robots, vehicles and machines so they can do physical tasks on their own.
The round was backed by India Accelerator, Finvolve, Hyderabad Angels and other angel investors. The company said the money will go toward technology development, engineering and deployment, and expansion into domestic and international markets.
Tensrai funding at a glance
| Detail | Tensrai |
|---|---|
| Amount | Rs 3.4 crore |
| Round | Pre-seed |
| Investors | India Accelerator, Finvolve, Hyderabad Angels and other angel investors |
| Sector | Physical AI and robotics autonomy |
| City | Hyderabad |
| Founders | Sai Nikhil Rao Gona, Venkata Sai Charan Chalamalasetty, Harshith Uppalapati and Vivek Datta |
| Use of funds | Technology development, engineering and deployment, and expansion into domestic and international markets |
What Tensrai does with robots and machines
Tensrai is building a common autonomy platform that can be retrofitted onto industrial and commercial robots, vehicles and machines. Its parts include vision-first navigation, AI-based localisation, vision-language model reasoning, autonomous mobility and robotic arm manipulation. It also has a teach-and-deploy feature built on vision-language-action models.
The company targets autonomous material handling and cleaning in factories, warehouses, airports, hospitals, malls and commercial campuses. It is also developing a general-purpose mobile manipulator, which is a mobile robot fitted with arms. Tensrai earns through robot sales, autonomy retrofitting, Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) and customised solutions.
Tensrai's pre-seed round and its four founders
| When | Milestone |
|---|---|
| October 2026 | Tensrai announces a Rs 3.4 crore pre-seed round from India Accelerator, Finvolve, Hyderabad Angels and other angels |
The startup was founded by Sai Nikhil Rao Gona, Venkata Sai Charan Chalamalasetty, Harshith Uppalapati and Vivek Datta.
What Tensrai says it will do with the pre-seed money
The company said the funds will be used to speed up technology development, strengthen engineering and deployment capabilities, and expand into domestic and international markets.
Where Tensrai stands after its pre-seed round
Tensrai has raised Rs 3.4 crore in its pre-seed round. Its platform is designed to run on robots, vehicles and machines that customers already own, and it is aimed at factories, warehouses, airports, hospitals, malls and commercial campuses. The company said the new money will go toward technology, engineering and deployment, and expansion in India and abroad.
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