XiniX AI has raised pre-seed funding from Actia to accelerate the commercialisation of Sprout, its soft robot for the inspection of confined spaces, and XiniX Forge, its AI platform for automated defect detection and maintenance insights.
Brussels / Odense — XiniX AI and Actia Capital Partners today announce the start of a long-term equity partnership. XiniX AI has raised pre-seed funding exclusively from Actia, a specialist investment firm for early-stage InfraTech. Actia has additionally committed for XiniX AI’s next funding round. The investment will be used to expand the technical team, accelerate research and development, and deploy more Sprout robots into industrial environments.
Confined spaces — distillation towers, pressure vessels, underground pipelines, silos — represent one of industry’s most persistent and deadly challenges. Confined space incidents claim hundreds of lives each year across Europe and North America, with the majority of fatalities involving rescuers rather than original workers. Yet routine inspection of these assets still depends on human entry. The result: unnecessary risk, costly downtime, and inspection data that is often incomplete or inconsistent.
XiniX AI was founded to eliminate that risk entirely. Its flagship product, Sprout, is a soft pneumatic vine robot that grows through narrow and complex structures — reaching areas inaccessible to both humans and conventional rigid robots. Inspection data captured by Sprout feeds directly into XiniX Forge, an AI platform for automated defect detection and maintenance insights. The combined system is delivered as a Robot-as-a-Service offering, enabling operators to access continuous, high-quality inspection data without capital expenditure on equipment. XiniX AI is already generating early revenue through industrial pilots.
XiniX AI was spun out of TMC Belgium, part of TMC — an international technology consultancy with nearly 3,500 engineers across 18 countries, known for its unique “employeneurship” model that actively encourages engineers to build ventures from within. The company traces its origins to the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, a global incentive challenge to accelerate technologies protecting tropical rainforests, where XiniX reached the 2023 Semi-Finals — with the navigation and sensing work developed there becoming the technical foundation for Sprout.
Over the past year, XiniX AI has run pilots with international industrial partners such as Repsol and Vinçotte among others. Projects to-date span across oil & gas, chemicals, maritime, and construction. While the company’s initial focus has been in oil & gas, Sprout is designed for broader infrastructure applications across water, agri-food, and nuclear sectors.
“Jas, Eric, and Dorin are a collegiate team of deeply technical co-founders with entrepreneurial zeal. We look forward to working closely with them as they advance from early pilots to commercial-scale.”
— Michael Dirk, Technical Partner, Actia Capital Partners
“Actia and XiniX have a shared vision to see the Sprout being deployed horizontally across numerous infrastructure end-markets.”
— Shakil Karim, Founding Partner, Actia Capital Partners
“Actia stood out as a partner who truly understands the scale of the infrastructure challenges we want to address. Beyond capital, they bring the strategic insight and network that will help us scale Sprout across critical infrastructure sectors.”
— Jaskaran Sandhu, CEO & Co-Founder, XiniX AI
XiniX AI is also supported by Odense Robotics StartUp Fund, the incubator and national robotics cluster based at the Danish Technological Institute in Odense, which has provided technical infrastructure, testing facilities, and access to an international robotics network.
The company’s approach has drawn recognition across the deep tech and robotics landscape — as a Hello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneer 2026, EU Robotics Renaud Champion, Technomania IDA Denmark 2025 Champion, and XPRIZE Rainforest Semi-Finalist — and has been backed by the Danish InnoFounder grant.
About XiniX AI
- XiniX AI is a Belgian-Danish deep-tech startup developing soft robotics and AI for inspection of industrial confined and hazardous spaces.
- Its products include Sprout, a vine-inspired soft inspection robot, and XiniX Forge, an AI platform for automated defect detection and maintenance insights.
- The company serves oil & gas, nuclear, refinery, chemical, and underground infrastructure sectors via a Robot-as-a-Service model.
- XiniX AI was spun out of TMC Belgium and originated from the XPRIZE Rainforest competition (2023 Semi-Finalist).
- Supported by Actia Capital Partners and Odense Robotics StartUp Fund. Recognised as a Hello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneer 2026, EU Robotics Renaud Champion, and Technomania IDA Denmark 2025 Champion, and is an XPRIZE Rainforest Semi-Finalist. The company has also received the Danish InnoFounder grant.
- Website: www.xinix.ai — Contact: contact@xinix.ai
About Actia Capital Partners
Actia is a specialist investment firm for early-stage InfraTech. With its long-term partnership approach, Actia backs exceptional entrepreneurs building innovative infrastructure solutions at commercialisation stage.
About Odense Robotics StartUp Fund
Odense Robotics StartUp Fund is a commercial foundation that, in collaboration with Odense Robotics and the Danish Technological Institute, provides robotics startups with access to capital, business development support, and world-class incubation facilities.
