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Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben…
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Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models just don’t have what it takes. Models like…
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Gecko Robotics lands the largest U.S. Navy robotics deal yet
The U.S. Navy has inked its largest robotics deal yet as the military branch looks to use robots…
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Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not
David Ashton grew up outside of Sacramento, California, and went to college in San Luis Obispo during the…
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Qualcomm’s partnership with Neura Robotics is just the beginning
German robotics startup Neura Robotics has inked a partnership with semiconductor giant Qualcomm to build the next generation…
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Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than six months
Amazon has hundreds of thousands of robots in its warehouses, but that doesn’t mean all of its robotic…
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Upside Robotics is reducing fertilizer use and waste in corn crops
The founders of Upside Robotics met in 2023 because they were both looking to build an impact-driven company…
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Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down after 30 years at the company
Boston Dynamics, the Massachusetts robotics company known for its four-legged robots and humanoids, is going through a leadership change. Robert Playter…
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How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES
The weather in Las Vegas wasn’t looking good. The plan had been that each employee of YC-backed Bucket Robotics would carry parts of their…
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Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane
Anahita Laverack was set on becoming an aerospace engineer, but her career took a different turn after a…