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Emergent from Bengaluru turns unicorn: $130M and 200K paying customers
Aktualności17 lipca 2026

Emergent from Bengaluru turns unicorn: $130M and 200K paying customers

Indian AI coding startup Emergent closed a $130 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation — five times higher than six months ago. The company targets small businesses as an engineering team in a box and grew 70% in four months.

LimX Dynamics COSA 0.5: humanoid runs fully autonomous
Aktualności17 lipca 2026

LimX Dynamics COSA 0.5: humanoid runs fully autonomous

LimX Dynamics released COSA 0.5 — an updated AI-brain system for humanoids operating without remote control. A "Fully Autonomous / 1X Speed Long Take" demonstration video shows the robot completing household tasks entirely on its own.

Ex-OpenAI researcher raises $200M for AI drug discovery at $2B valuation
Aktualności16 lipca 2026

Ex-OpenAI researcher raises $200M for AI drug discovery at $2B valuation

Miles Wang, an OpenAI researcher focused on AI-accelerated biological discovery, is leaving to launch a drug discovery startup at a $2B valuation. On the same day, Chai Discovery announced a $400M round at a $3.8B valuation.

Nous Research valued at $1.5B — open-source Hermes agents at the race's center
Aktualności15 lipca 2026

Nous Research valued at $1.5B — open-source Hermes agents at the race's center

Nous Research, creator of the open-source Hermes agent, is in talks for at least $75M at a $1.5B valuation, led by Robot Ventures with USV participation. The 2023-founded startup built an agent with 214,000 GitHub stars on just $70M raised to date.

PixVerse raises $439M at over $2B valuation — a bet on the generative video market
Aktualności15 lipca 2026

PixVerse raises $439M at over $2B valuation — a bet on the generative video market

Singapore-based startup PixVerse closed its Series C at $439M total with a valuation above $2B. The company is betting on three video generation model lines — consumer, professional, and world models — as the market consolidates following OpenAI's exit.

AI² Robotics raises $735M for wheeled humanoids from Shenzhen
Aktualności11 lipca 2026

AI² Robotics raises $735M for wheeled humanoids from Shenzhen

Chinese firm AI² Robotics has closed a $735 million funding round at a $2.8 billion valuation. The company bets on wheeled humanoid robots instead of bipedal systems, targeting logistics, manufacturing, and public-sector deployments.

Ollama raises $65M — 9 million developers run AI locally
Aktualności11 lipca 2026

Ollama raises $65M — 9 million developers run AI locally

Ollama, the popular open-source tool for running AI models locally, closed a $65M Series B round led by Theory Ventures. The startup counts nearly 9 million monthly active users and is present in 85% of Fortune 500 companies.

Hyundai takes full ownership of Boston Dynamics — SoftBank exits for $325M
Aktualności29 czerwca 2026

Hyundai takes full ownership of Boston Dynamics — SoftBank exits for $325M

Hyundai Motor Group has acquired SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, making the Atlas robot maker a wholly owned subsidiary. The price reflects a 2021 put option — far below current market estimates. The move accelerates Boston Dynamics' planned Nasdaq IPO in 2027–2028.

Apptronik Apollo 2 — modular humanoid arrives without fanfare
Aktualności28 czerwca 2026

Apptronik Apollo 2 — modular humanoid arrives without fanfare

Apptronik quietly updated its website to unveil Apollo 2, its next-gen humanoid robot with modular mobility (legs or wheeled base), swappable batteries, and 90%-efficient actuators designed for industrial scale deployment.

General Intuition raises $320M to train robots on video game data
Aktualności28 czerwca 2026

General Intuition raises $320M to train robots on video game data

General Intuition raised $320M in a Series A round at a $2.3B valuation. The company trains AI models for physical agents and robots using billions of gameplay clips from the Medal platform — recordings with embedded action labels that replace expensive real-world data collection.