Defence startup testing AI drones with Ukraine raises £2.6m
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - Occam, a UK-based defence tech startup developing AI autonomous drones being tested with the Ukrainian military, has raised a £2.6m investment. Founded in 2025, Occam is one of many tech firms founded to meet the defence needs of modern geopolitcal confli…
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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techfundingnews - Even though robotic intelligence has improved, manufacturing remains slow, costly, and constrained by outdated methods.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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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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Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital, now values the autonomous vehicle company at $126 billion.
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Anthropic's $200M Pentagon Contract at Risk Over Objections to Domestic Surveillance, Autonomous Deployments
EditorDavid / slashdot - Talks "are at a standstill" for Anthropic's potential $200 million contract with America's Defense Department, reports Reuters (citing several people familiar with the discussions.") The two issues? - Using AI to surveil Americans- Safeguards against depl…
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Waymo finalises $16bn funding round at $110bn valuation
ft - Google’s robotaxi start-up brings in new investors amid global roll out and competition from Elon Musk’s Tesla
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Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X amid second straight year of losses
Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Tesla is reportedly discontinuing its two oldest models amid a second year of revenue losses. According to an earnings call conducted on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that it will end production of the Model S and Model X next quarter, with Mus…
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Waymo will start offering rides to San Francisco airport
cnbc - Alphabet's Waymo division said it will begin taking some passengers to San Francisco's airport and will expand in the coming months.
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A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near a school
Kris Holt / engadget - Waymo said one of its robotaxis struck a child, who sustained minor injuries. The incident took place in Santa Monica, California, on January 23. The company reported it to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has opened an in…
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Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Tesla will discontinue the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk said in an earnings call with investors today. Musk said the reasons for cancelling the vehicle programs was to make room at Tesla's Fremont factory for production of …
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Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of decline
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Tesla just reported its second consecutive year of declining revenue and profits, further complicating Elon Musk's $1 trillion effort to transform his company into a leader in AI and robotics. Meanwhile, the global EV market continues to grow, seemingly i…
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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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Elon Musk: Tesla’s Optimus Robot Will Go on Sale in 2027
Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - Elon Musk says Tesla plans to sell its Optimus humanoid robot by 2027, with the AI-powered machines already performing factory tasks.The post Elon Musk: Tesla’s Optimus Robot Will Go on Sale in 2027 appeared first on eWEEK.
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Tesla is finally doing unsupervised robotaxi rides
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Tesla is finally doing unsupervised robotaxi trips in Austin, Texas, according to a video posted on X. Elon Musk reposted the video, congratulating Tesla's AI team for the milestone. For months, Tesla's robotaxis in Austin and San Francisco have included …
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Waymo launches robotaxi service in Miami, extending U.S. lead
cnbc - Miami represents the sixth market for Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet.
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With China leading global drone manufacturing, Hungary’s ABZ Innovation raises €7 million to expand heavy-duty drones
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - ABZ Innovation, a manufacturer of heavy-duty agricultural and industrial drones out of Budapest, today announced it has closed a €7 million funding round in order to scale production, speed up product development, and expand in key global markets – as it …
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NEOintralogistics secures €3M to democratise warehouse automation through RaaS
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - German robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) providerNEOintralogistics has closed a €3 million seed funding round, led by theAmadeus APEX Technology Fund with participation from Cetus Holding.The need for acce...
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Asus Confirms It Won't Launch Phones in 2026, May Leave Android Altogether
msmash / slashdot - Asus won't release any new smartphones this year, and that may signal the brand's exit from the Android space altogether. From a report: Asus Chairman Jonney Shih confirmed the news at an event in Taiwan on Jan. 16. According to a machine-translated versi…
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Baidu’s Apollo Go Launches Largest Fully Driverless Commercial Robotaxi Operation in Abu Dhabi
pandaily - Apollo Go has officially launched its first overseas fully driverless robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, aiming to build the city’s largest autonomous fleet by 2026.
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OpenAI Prepares to Add Data Centers, Robotics and Consumer Devices
PYMNTS / pymnts - OpenAI is reportedly lining up suppliers to support a major product expansion over the next few years. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has put out a request for proposals from companies that manufacturer in the United States and offer components …
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