Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation
Micro1, a three-year-old startup that helps AI companies find and manage human contractors for data labeling and training, has raised a $35 million Series A…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Intuitive adds real-time surgical insights for da Vinci 5 surgical robot
Force Gauge on the da Vinci 5 surgical robot. | Credit: Intuitive Intuitive today unveiled the first in a series of new software capabilities for…
Last day to amplify your brand: Host your Side Event at Disrupt 2025
The countdown is on: The application to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’ve been considering…
We are entering a golden age of robotics startups — and not just because of AI
When Seth Winterroth left his job at GE Ventures to help launch Eclipse Ventures in 2015, robotics was on his mind. Or more specifically, the…
From 5 to 5M: Robotics experts share lessons from scaling deployments at RoboBusiness
Top row: Jordan Bryan and Saman Farid. Bottom row: Florian Pestoni, Richard Petrazzini, and Joe Wieciek. Making robots work at scale takes much more than…
OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to transition its for-profit arm
OpenAI announced Thursday that it reached a non-binding agreement with Microsoft, its largest investor, on a revised partnership that would allow the startup to convert…
igus to demonstrate FR20 affordable palletizing cobot at Pack Expo
The Fairino FR20´s versatile configuration easily adapts to different palletizing patterns. Credit: igus At Pack Expo this month, igus GmbH plans to exhibit its Fairino…
FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions from Meta, OpenAI, and others
The FTC announced on Thursday that it is launching an inquiry into seven tech companies that make AI chatbot companion products for minors: Alphabet, CharacterAI,…
Levita Magnetics’ MARS platform uses AI-guided autonomous camera in first surgery
Surgeons perform a procedure using the MARS platform with an AI-guided surgical camera, as the screen shows real-time visualization inside the patient’s body. | Source:…
Box CEO Aaron Levie on AI’s ‘era of context’
On Thursday, Box launched its developer conference Boxworks by announcing a new set of AI features, building agentic AI models into the backbone of the…