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Who are the top robotics and physical AI investors?
pitching robots to a room full of tech investors
Business Insider just published “Meet the 22 investors to know in robotics and physical AI” and while I don’t disagree with their choices, if you’ve ever fundraised for a robotics company th...
Weapons of Mass Distraction Are Amongst Us
We’re less than one year into the Agentic AI reality and already the gloss is wearing off the dream, and the reality is looking grim. The problem is that Agentic AI is actually democratizing access to functional AI, AI that does a lot of di...
After SpaceX, what now for all the robot IPOs?
Image: Andra
First came the robots. Then came the cameras. That’s when this Colorado mountain town had enough.
via The Trust Project and The Colorado Sun
First, it was the robots. They were trundling along sidewalks in Paonia last su...
🦾 Robotics Funding Rounds by Month - May 2026
Defense, aerospace, humanoids, foundation models, robotics stack or industrial applications: Who gets the big checks this month?
Robotics is looking good again with May recording the largest amount of venture investment since the start of...
Verity wins IERA Award at ICRA 2026 with Open Nav 2 runner up
IERA Award Organizer Jim Ostrowski with Markus Hehn from Verity, Steve Macenski from Open Navigation and Alwin Heerklotz from Innok Robotics
Verity wins the 2026 IERA Award at the ICRA conference in Vienna, June 4 2026. Launched out of ETH...
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