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Humanoid Robot Proves a Shockingly Capable Office Intern

Flexion Robotics has developed a training method that uses simulation-based learning and a master AI algorithm to teach humanoid robots…

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AI startup Mirendil raises $200M to boost AI development

Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic and Google researchers Behnam Neyshabur and Harsh Mehta, raised $200 million at a $1 billion…

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Nest’s mission to fix the thermostat

Tony Fadell, a legendary designer behind the iPhone, was inspired to create Nest after becoming frustrated with outdated thermostats, leading…

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Modelplane: Open-Source AI Inference Control Plane

Upbound has released Modelplane, an open-source control plane built on Crossplane that manages fleet-wide coordination for AI inference across cloud,…

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Corgi denies stealing open source product it allegedly copied

Corgi, a Y Combinator-backed insurtech startup, was accused of copying open source code from Papermark for its new Dataroom product,…

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How a Broken Form Cost an Agency Months of Leads

A PPC campaign for an autism therapy provider appeared successful in Google Ads metrics, but a technical failure in the…

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Cargo drone startup Elroy Air nears $800 million SPAC deal

Elroy Air, a California-based drone startup, is in late-stage negotiations to go public via an $800 million SPAC merger, valuing…

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Aseon Labs raises $10M for robotaxi charging pods

Aseon Labs raised $10 million in seed funding to deploy automated parking-space-sized pods that charge, clean, and inspect robotaxis, aiming…

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New startup aims to fix robotaxis’ wasted miles for cleaning and charging

Aseon Labs has raised $10 million in seed funding to develop compact, autonomous pods that can inspect, clean, and charge…

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Founder Summit Early Bird Pricing Ends Tonight

Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT, offering savings of up to $190…

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China Nears Booster Landing Test; Rocket Lab Executes Rapid Response

The debut of several new American rockets, including Rocket Lab's Neutron and Stoke Space's Nova, remains uncertain for 2026, with…

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Polymarket Confirms Hackers Stole User Funds

Polymarket confirmed a security breach where hackers stole user funds after a third-party vendor compromise allowed malicious code injection onto…

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Patronus AI raises $50M to stress-test AI agents in digital worlds

Patronus AI builds simulated digital environments that test AI agents on complex, real-world tasks, addressing the gap between benchmark scores…

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Jay Roland’s mission to fix corporate America’s hidden technical debt

Corporate America is projected to waste $2.41 trillion annually on technical debt, but founder Jay Roland says awareness of this…

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Ex-Databricks AI chief aims to cut AI energy use 1,000x

Unconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI head Naveen Rao, has unveiled its first model, Un0, an image-generation system that…

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Win Competitor Traffic via Demand Gen & Negative-Intent Conquesting

Demand Gen campaigns with custom audience segments targeting competitor search terms offer a lower-cost alternative to expensive traditional competitor keyword…

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Unconventional AI debuts oscillator-based model slashing power use 1000x

Unconventional AI has released Un-0, an image generation model using a simulated oscillator-based architecture that performs comparably to leading diffusion…

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Sail raises $80M to slash AI agent costs

Sail Research has raised $80 million in seed and Series A funding at a $450 million valuation to reduce AI…

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Coval Secures $28M to Stress-Test AI Voice Agents

Coval has raised $28 million to build a simulation-first testing platform for AI voice agents, using a methodology borrowed from…

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Netris lands $15M Series A from a16z to speed up AI neocloud deployments

Netris offers a network automation platform for neocloud providers that automates setup, configuration, and operations of AI data centers, providing…

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