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a16z rebrands a16z Crypto as a16z Frontier and expands the fund's scope to back startups developing AI, robotics, and other emerging technologies (fortune.com)
11 hours ago Startup AI Robot

Chicago-based Formic, which provides robots-as-a-service automation to manufacturers, raised $50M, including a $40M Series B and $10M in asset-backed financing (www.axios.com)
16 hours ago Robot Asset

Maxinsights, which creates training data for robots using first-person footage from cameras worn by 5,000+ contractors, raised a $30M seed led by Peak XV (www.forbes.com)
19 hours ago Robot

Enact, which develops full-stack tech for general-purpose robots, emerges from stealth with a $30M pre-seed from Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch, Yann LeCun, and more (tech.eu)
21 hours ago Robot

Secret trigger words could make AI-powered robots dangerous -- and these researchers developed a defense (www.eurekalert.org)
2 days ago AI Robot

Reliable Robotics, which develops an autonomous flight system, raised a $115M extension for its $160M Series D, pushing its valuation to $1B+ (techcrunch.com)
2 days ago Robot

Eka Robotics, which is developing a “vision-force-action” architecture for its physical AI models, raised a $150M Series A at a $1.45B post-money valuation (techcrunch.com)
2 days ago AI Robot

Amazon pledges to spend €16B+ in Germany in 2027 on AWS and AI data centers, its Leo satellite program, Prime Video media production, and a Berlin robotics lab (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago Germany Amazon AI Robot

Dream Labs, which offers an API for its Dream-1 robot foundation model trained on human videos, raised a $90M seed led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures (www.forbes.com)
3 days ago Robot

'Human Vs. Robot' Cage Match Was Illegal, Says California (hardware.slashdot.org)
4 days ago Robot California

Woman Arrested After Blocking Delivery Robot to Protest Job Displacements (hardware.slashdot.org)
5 days ago Robot

Sources: SoftBank weighs buying US security services giant Allied Universal at an ~$18B equity valuation, as Masayoshi Son explores deploying AI-powered robots (www.bloomberg.com)
6 days ago AI Robot Equity

Police Seize Robot that Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl (hardware.slashdot.org)
7 days ago Robot

Austin-based Icon, which builds robotic 3D-printing construction systems and software, raised a $200M Series D co-led by Baillie Gifford and BlackRock (www.axios.com)
8 days ago Robot

Chinese manufacturers dominate humanoid robot production, capturing 97% of global shipments in H1 2026, thanks to government support and vast supply chains (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago China Robot

German police ‘arrest' child-groping robot (VIDEOS) (www.rt.com)
9 days ago Germany Robot

Robot gropes 16-year-old girl: Police seize droid after sexual 'assault' is livestreamed (www.dailymail.co.uk)
9 days ago Robot

A deep dive on Amazon's robotics efforts, resulting in 1M+ active warehouse robots; Amazon is still the world's 2nd-largest corporate employer with 1.5M workers (arstechnica.com)
10 days ago Amazon Robot

Sources: DeepSeek agrees to lead robotic AI startup Winverse AI's seed funding round of tens of millions of dollars, valuing the startup at ~$400M post-money (www.bloomberg.com)
10 days ago Startup AI Robot

PitchBook: robotics and physical AI companies have raised ~$48B YTD, as they gather training data from people completing tasks in factories, offices, and homes (www.ft.com)
11 days ago AI Robot

Multiply Labs, which develops robotic systems to automate pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, raised a $75M Series B led by Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks (siliconangle.com)
12 days ago Robot Manufacturing

Warehouse robotics startup Ultra raised a $12M seed and a $50M Series A, and expands its deal with Physical Intelligence to supply AI software for its robots (fortune.com)
13 days ago Startup AI Robot Intelligence

Mecka, which collects human motion data to train humanoid robots, raised a $60M Series B led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, M12, and others (techcrunch.com)
15 days ago Robot Nvidia

Munich-based RobCo, which makes robotic arms and automation software, sells $40M of shares at a $1B valuation, up from ~$500M after raising $100M in January (www.wsj.com)
18 days ago Robot Munich

Memo: the US Army is creating an autonomous systems command, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Meridian and Agincourt robotic warfare projects (www.axios.com)
20 days ago Robot

Source: FieldAI, which is developing a “universal general-purpose brain” for robots, raised $700M at a $10B valuation, up from $2B in 2025 (www.businessinsider.com)
20 days ago Robot

Robots approaching from behind are perceived as moving faster (www.eurekalert.org)
21 days ago Robot

SUTD researchers develop robot that falls like a maple seed and sails like a boat (www.eurekalert.org)
21 days ago Robot

Amazon plans to invest $100M to build a robotics manufacturing facility in Indiana, set to open by 2028; its robots at 300+ facilities help with 75% of orders (www.wsj.com)
28 days ago Amazon Robot Manufacturing

Nigeria performs first remote robotic surgery (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
30 days ago Robot Nigeria

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