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Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say
Generalist, a robotics startup, is now valued at $3 billion after raising additional capital led by 8VC, according to two…
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India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones
Airbound, an Indian startup building autonomous drones, has raised $37 million in fresh capital as it pushes to make moving…
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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
New York-based General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents to move through space and…
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OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?
How much control are you willing to give an LLM over your digital life? Getting the most value from a…
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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
You probably know by now that the AI models powering ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other chatbots are trained on seemingly…
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Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders
Indian startups spent years getting consumers accustomed to having groceries and everyday goods delivered within minutes. Now Walmart-owned Flipkart is…
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US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense
U.S. battery startups hit a rough patch when the One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated battery and EV incentives, undercutting a…
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Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Anthropic’s universal usage standards for Claude forbid the model from generating sexually explicit content, including depicting or requesting sexual intercourse…
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Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero
Nvidia published some interesting new research on Friday suggesting it’s the harness, more than the underlying model, that is far…
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Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA’s child collision probe
Waymo has responded to questions from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as part of the regulator’s investigation into…
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US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities
A Department of Energy lab is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a security risk if they become widely…
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OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee?
In a cheeky marketing campaign, Liquid Death teamed up with former Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce to share a solution…
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