XRlabs says the operating room is data-rich but insight-poor because devices run in isolation, while its platform has already been used in more than 100 surgical cases across three continents. Its $8.4 million seed round led by Playground Global is a bet on turning that fragmented data into a device-agnostic AI co-pilot that works with hospitals’ existing systems and can scale through clinical deployment, evidence-building, and regulatory pathways.