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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise

Proception, a robotics startup focused on developing advanced robot hands, has settled a trade secret lawsuit with...

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This Humanoid Robot Is a Terrifyingly Competent Office Intern
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This Humanoid Robot Is a Terrifyingly Competent Office Intern

Flexion Robotics, a startup founded by ex-Nvidia engineers, has developed a humanoid robot capable of performing office...

Wired AI
Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026
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Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026

Scam.ai announced a partnership with Qualcomm and launched Halo, an on-device deepfake detection model designed for...

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Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
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Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine

Suno launched the Spark incubator program to support independent artists, offering grants, mentorship, and marketing...

The Verge AI
Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia

Wall Street investors are viewing Micron Technology as a potential investment opportunity similar to Nvidia, betting on...

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals

This week's largest U.S. startup funding rounds were predominantly driven by artificial intelligence companies, with...

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Prompt: Physical AI Is Entering Its Commercialization Phase
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Prompt: Physical AI Is Entering Its Commercialization Phase

Physical AI is transitioning from research demonstrations to commercial deployment, driven by increased investment and...

AI Business
India to Get Another Big AI Funding Boost From Amazon
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India to Get Another Big AI Funding Boost From Amazon

Amazon is planning a significant AI investment in India's growing AI market. Other major tech companies are also...

AI Business
Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
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Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

Patronus AI, an agent-testing startup founded by former Meta AI researchers, has raised $50M in funding to build...

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How AI Could Help Address the Energy Challenge it is Creating
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How AI Could Help Address the Energy Challenge it is Creating

Data center executives argue that AI technology can help address the energy transition challenges while managing the...

AI Business
General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
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General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world

General Intuition has raised $320 million to develop AI agents trained on millions of hours of video game footage,...

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Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x
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Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x

Databricks' former AI chief has launched Un-0, an image-generation system that demonstrates technology capable of...

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Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
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Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster

Netris raised $15M in Series A funding from a16z to accelerate its network software platform for neocloud operators....

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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs

Adobe has acquired Topaz Labs, a maker of image and video enhancement tools, with plans to integrate the acquired...

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Warp lands $60M to automate payroll, compliance and HR with AI
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Warp lands $60M to automate payroll, compliance and HR with AI

Warp, an AI-native employee management startup based in New York, raised $60 million in funding to expand its platform...

SiliconANGLE
Maker of Digit the Robot to Go Public
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Maker of Digit the Robot to Go Public

Digit, a robotics company, is preparing to go public as part of a broader wave of IPOs in the robotics, AI, and tech...

AI Business
Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment
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Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment

Amazon is investing $13 billion in AI infrastructure in India as part of a broader competition among global tech...

TechCrunch AI
Cursor Deal Puts US On Track For Record Startup M&A Year
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Cursor Deal Puts US On Track For Record Startup M&A Year

The article discusses a record year for startup M&A in 2026, highlighted by SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of...

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Ornn raises $33M to help companies buy and sell AI compute as a commodity like oil
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Ornn raises $33M to help companies buy and sell AI compute as a commodity like oil

Ornn AI Inc. raised $33 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto-focused fund and Galaxy Ventures to...

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