Apptronik raises $520M to produce humanoid Apollo robot commercial deployments

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Apptronik Inc., the maker of artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, today announced it has raised $520 million more in early-stage funding, bringing the total capital raised by the company to nearly $1 billion. The Series A-X extension round fol…

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Andercore is expanding its AI-based industrial trade platform following a $40M Series B raise

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Berlin-based Andercore, an AI-enabled industrial supplytrade platform, has raised $40 million in a Series B round comprising equityand debt to support its expansion in Europe. The round includes parti...

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Allonic nabs $7.2M pre-seed to automate the ‘robot body’ supply chain

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Even though robotic intelligence has improved, manufacturing remains slow, costly, and constrained by outdated methods. Manually assembling parts…

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Imec opens NanoIC line for ultra-advanced chips

Berry Zwets / techzine - The Belgian research institute imec opened the NanoIC pilot on Monday. This line, an investment of 2.5 billion euros, is intended to develop ultra-advanced semiconductors. The facility is part of the European Chips Act and should help Europe get closer to…

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SpaceX Acquires xAI: How Much Is The Combined Company Worth?

slashgear - Two Elon Musk-owned companies, SpaceX and xAI, have begun a massive merger. What will be the result of the combination and how much will it be worth?

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Waymo Unleashes Genie 3 to Supercharge Robotaxi Training With Hyper-Real AI Worlds

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Waymo uses Genie 3 to accelerate robotaxi testing in virtual worlds Genie 3 helps Waymo scale safer, faster autonomous driving systems Waymo expands robotaxi rollout using advanced Genie 3 simulation tech Virtual training with Genie 3 boosts Waymo fl…

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ETH Zurich spinout Chiral bags $12M to scale robotic platform for graphene chip integration

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Swiss deeptech startup Chiral has secured $12 million in seed funding to commercialise its robotic platform designed for…

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Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers

Russell Brandom / techcrunch - We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.

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Funding Europe’s “second renaissance”: Barcelona’s Kembara hits €750 million first close for €1 billion DeepTech fund

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Barcelona-based Kembara, which claims to be Europe’s largest dedicated DeepTech growth fund, today announced a €750M first close toward its €1 billion target. The fund is now actively investing in “breakthrough” DeepTech science and engineering companies.…

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QT Sense raises €4M to advance real-time single-cell analysis

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Dutch startup QT Sense has raised €4 million to further develop Quantum Nuova, its quantum-based platform that monitors cellular stress in living cells at single-cell resolution. The funding includes a €3 million seed round led by Cottonwood Technology Fu…

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Veremark Raises $26M to Stop AI Fakes in Global Hiring

Ekemini / ventureburn - Veremark, a workplace trust company based in London, has raised $26 million in Series B funding. Veremark will use the funding to bolster tools that combat AI-detected false candidate informationThe post Veremark Raises $26M to Stop AI Fakes in Global Hir…

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London-based AI startup Polaron raises €6.7 million to build the “intelligence layer for materials science”

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - London-based Polaron, an AI-first materials company building the intelligence layer for the physical world, has raised €6.7 million ($8 million) to expand its engineering team, accelerate deployment of generative design tools, and support customer demand …

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Constructor Capital closes $110M Fund I for science-first founders

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Constructor Capital, the Swiss venture arm of theConstructor Group ecosystem, has closed its first fund at $110 million toinvest in seed and Series A startups across deeptech, software, and edtech.The...

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Biorce raises $52M to support global rollout of its AI clinical trial platform

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Barcelona-basedBiorce, a health AI company focused on clinical trial design and execution, hasclosed a $52 million Series A round. The financing includes new investment fromDST Global Partners, with e...

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Twogee Biotech Raises €2.2M Seed Round To Advance Circular Biomass Technology

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Munich-based Twogee Biotech, a biotech startup creating custom enzyme solutions for the industrial conversion of biomass into sustainable raw materials, has closed a €2.16 million seed funding round. Investors include High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapita…

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Pasqal backer daphni closes €260M Blue fund to transform lab breakthroughs into startups

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Europe is packed with scientific talent, with 2.2 million researchers. France alone pours €60B a year into labs.…

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Carbonaide raises €3.7M to commercialise CO₂-curing and permanent carbon storage in concrete

Cate Lawrence / tech - Green concrete startup Carbonaide has raised €3.7 million to transform the concrete industry through carbon dioxide curing and permanent CO₂ storage. Carbonaide’s technology has been in commercial pro...

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Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Waabi has secured a $750 million Series C round to accelerate autonomous trucking, and another roughly $250 million commitment from Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis exclusively on its platform.

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