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2026-10-20 13:00 [Research Breakthrough] [SRC↗]

Eka Robotics Hits $1.45B Valuation With Force-Based Manipulation Model Showing Superhuman Dexterity

Eka Robotics, founded by MIT professor Pulkit Agrawal and ex-DeepMind researcher Tuomas Haarnoja, raised a $150M Series A led by a16z and F-Prime at a $1.45B valuation. Its vision-force-action model, trained with large-s...

[Robotics] [Physical AI] [Reinforcement Learning] [Simulation] [dexterous manipulation]

Risk: [+0.01 pp]

AGI: [+0.02 pp]

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2026-06-29 14:00 [Industry Trend] [SRC↗]

Proception Resolves Tesla Dispute and Secures $11 Million for Dexterous Robotic Hands

Robotic startup Proception has settled a trade secret lawsuit with Tesla and raised $11 million in seed funding to advance its high-dexterity robotic hand technology. The company utilizes a sensor-laden glove to capture...

[Robotics] [Humanoid Robots] [Tesla] [dexterous manipulation] [hardware funding]

Risk: [+0.01 pp] [1 day sooner]

AGI: [+0.02 pp] [1 day sooner]

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