From Fortnite to robots: General Intuition raises $2.3B on bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
As soon as I entered General Intuition’s R&D floor at its New York office, the company’s 31-year-old co-founder and CEO…
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal
Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, plans to go public through…
Morgan Stanley raises China humanoid robot shipment forecast to 50,000 units
AdvertisementRoboticsTech Morgan Stanley raises China humanoid robot shipment forecast to 50,000 units China’s humanoid robot industry is scaling faster than…
China’s medical AI breaks ground as surgical robot wins EU approval, model tops benchmark
AdvertisementArtificial intelligenceTech China’s medical AI breaks ground as surgical robot wins EU approval, model tops benchmark Medbot’s teleoperated robot gains…
Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish
Earlier this week, at TechCrunch’s newest StrictlyVC event in El Segundo, Shinkei Systems founder Saif Khawaja and Founders Fund partner…
Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital
In Shenzhen, workers at IO-AI Tech control humanoid robots using a VR rig reminiscent of Ready Player One.
Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
Humanoids aren’t quite ready to replace factory workers, but the industry can’t wait. Faced with labor shortages, manufacturers have shown…
From electric cars to humanoids: Xpeng boss takes over robotics unit at ‘turning point’
AdvertisementRoboticsTech From electric cars to humanoids: Xpeng boss takes over robotics unit at ‘turning point’ Billionaire founder discloses that over…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in 3 days
Founders, your window to enter Startup Battlefield 200 closes in just three short days. Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially…
Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.
Martinez, California, is about as far as you can get from Silicon Valley and still be in the San Francisco…