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Two robotics headlines that caught my attention
Neura Robotics closes record $1.4 billion Series C
Neura Robotics closes record $1.4B Series C, the largest ever for a full-stack robotics company, to accelerate its Physical AI platform and humanoid robots
Addverb seeks $100 million for robotics push
Reliance-backed Addverb is raising over $100 million to expand robotics and AI, develop humanoid and quadruped robots, and grow overseas.
The lede
Ethereal Machines founders’ early services pivot begins to pay off
It became clear fairly early to Kaushik Mudda and Navin Jain, founders of Ethereal Machines, that when it came to a new hi-tech hardware product offered by a startup, in India, everything from funding to sales would be a steep uphill battle. Instead of giving up, or starting something else, they made an innovative pivot.…
Coming up, in the next episode of Conversations
Coming up: Intel veteran Ramamurthy Sivakumar on HrdWyr’s roadmap for AI-native chips from India
HrdWyr, a Bengaluru-based semiconductor startup, recently secured $13 million in Series A funding led by Ideaspring Capital to advance its AI-native chip technology. The company specializes in System-on-Chip (AISoC) designs tailored for edge computing and real-world applications like electric vehicles and industrial equipment. A significant milestone for the firm is its partnership with boAt and…
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