Funding Alert｜Arda Raises $160M Series A, Ex-OpenAI Research Chief Bets on Agents for Manufacturing
Arda raised a $160M Series A at a $1.5B valuation, founded by former OpenAI research chief Bob McGrew. The signal: the next frontier for AI agents isn't just code — it's compressing manufacturing's human bottleneck, where retooling a production line can take three to six months, down to the scale of days.