AI startup Odyssey has secured $310 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $1.45 billion, to advance its 'world models' that simulate the physical world. Founded by self-driving industry veterans, Odyssey ai...
Startup XDOF has emerged from stealth with $70 million in funding to build data pipelines, collection tools, and annotation systems for physical AI. By partnering with UC Berkeley to release the massive 'ABC' robotics da...
Barcelona-based startup Theker has raised $85 million in Europe's largest-ever robotics Series A to build generalist, reconfigurable factory robots. Unlike traditional single-task machines or fixed humanoid forms, Theker...
AI startup Decart has launched Oasis 3, an interactive world model designed to generate photorealistic, real-time driving simulations for autonomous vehicle testing. The model features remarkable efficiency, though tests...
Startup Hello Robot has launched Stretch 4, the latest iteration of its mobile manipulator robot designed for in-home assistance and research. Eschewing the complex humanoid designs favored by other Silicon Valley firms,...
Silicon Valley startup Human Archive raised $8.2 million to collect first-person video and sensory data from gig workers in India to train physical AI models. By equipping workers with cameras and tactile sensors, the co...
Genesis AI has revealed its first foundational robotics model, GENE-26.5, alongside custom-designed robotic hands that match human hand size and shape. The startup has developed a full-stack approach including sensor-loa...
Runway, an AI video generation company valued at $5.3 billion, is expanding beyond creative video tools into developing general world models. CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela indicates these models will have applications in gami...
Physical Intelligence has released research on its π0.7 model, demonstrating that the robot brain can perform tasks it was never explicitly trained on through compositional generalization. The model successfully combined...
Munich-based Agile Robots has entered a strategic partnership with Google DeepMind to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models into its robots across industrial sectors including manufacturing, automotive, data center...
