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title: Robotics and AI startup Lyte, founded by ex-Face ID engineers, raised $165M led by Maverick Silicon at a $1.6B valuation, taking its total funding to $272M (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
link: https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p10#a260902p10
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published: 2026-09-02T10:15:15Z
updated: 2026-09-02T10:15:15Z
first_seen: 2026-09-02T14:07:29.769486161Z
summary: 'Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: Robotics and AI startup Lyte, founded by ex-Face ID engineers, raised $165M led by Maverick Silicon at a $1.6B valuation, taking its total funding to $272M — Lyte, a fast-growing robotics and artificial intelligence startup from top members of Apple Inc.''s Face ID team …'
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[![](http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png)](https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p10#a260902p10 "Techmeme permalink") Samantha Kelly / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/):\
 **[Robotics and AI startup Lyte, founded by ex-Face ID engineers, raised $165M led by Maverick Silicon at a $1.6B valuation, taking its total funding to $272M](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-02/lyte-closes-165-million-round-bringing-ai-startup-s-valuation-to-1-6-billion)**  —  Lyte, a fast-growing robotics and artificial intelligence startup from top members of Apple Inc.'s Face ID team …