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Rafael Quintanilla
Coverage of Rafael Quintanilla in the Nexus archive.
- Exclusive: Arrakis, betting AI’s biggest payoff is in industrial sectors not office work, emerges from stealth with $38 million in venture funding
Arrakis, a London- and Paris-based startup developing an AI operating system for industrial sectors, has raised $38 million in venture funding. The company focuses on applying agentic AI to aerospace, energy, logistics, and manufacturing, aiming to address the 70% of jobs involving physical goods production. Key investors include Blossom Capital, Accel, and individual backers like Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel and OpenAI’s Olivier Godement.