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Genesis AI thinks the humanoid hype is wrong. Its wheeled robot is the counterargument.

On Tuesday, while the robotics industry continued pouring billions into machines that walk like humans, a startup called Genesis AI unveiled one that deliberately does not. Eno is a wheeled robot with a foldable tower, dexterous hands, and a foundation model its creators say gives it human-level manipulation. It is a pointed rejection of the industry’s […]

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This two-year-old startup already programs Blue Origin’s rockets. It just raised $20M.

The hottest pitch in AI right now is not another chatbot. It is software that can run the machines on a factory floor, and a two-year-old Israeli startup has just raised $20m on the strength of programming parts for Jeff Bezos’s rockets. Limitless Labs, formerly LimitlessCNC, closed a $20m Series A co-led by Dell Technologies […]

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Nvidia is backing a startup that turns its own GPUs into a commodity

Hydra Host has raised $100m to build the plumbing of the AI boom, and one of its new backers is the company whose chips it is trying to turn into a commodity: Nvidia. The Series A was led by Kindred Ventures, with Nvidia joining alongside ARK Invest, Comcast Ventures, Magnetar, PEAK6 and others. The Information, […]

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IMEC built a chip platform that works up to 325GHz, and it could make 6G hardware cheap enough to actually deploy

IMEC, the Belgian semiconductor research institute that partners with more than 600 chip industry players, has expanded its 300mm RF silicon interposer platform with three new manufacturing capabilities that bring 6G chip production closer to commercial viability. The platform achieves record-low signal loss at frequencies up to 325GHz, covering the millimetre-wave and sub-terahertz bands that […]

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Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with a $234m round led by HCLTech

Sarvam, the Bengaluru company building India’s sovereign AI stack, has become the country’s newest AI unicorn. It has raised $234m in the first close of a $300m Series B, at a $1.5bn valuation, led by IT services giant HCLTech, which is putting in $150m. The round is a sovereign-AI bet with a strategic spine. HCLTech […]

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De Beers weaponises blockchain to fight lab-grown diamonds, but a 45% price crash looms large

The natural diamond industry has a problem it cannot see with the naked eye. Lab-grown stones are now virtually identical to mined gems, they cost a fraction of the price, and the broader tech landscape of 2025 has only accelerated their rise. De Beers Group, the world’s largest diamond producer and distributor, is betting that blockchain can […]

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India’s Avataar AI launches a video model that costs $0.005 per second, 27x cheaper than rivals

Bangalore-based Avataar AI has launched Varya, one of India’s first homegrown video AI models. It generates video at roughly $0.005 per second, or 0.48 rupees. Founder Sravanth Aluru, a former Deutsche Bank investment banker and Microsoft and IIT Mumbai alum, says that is 27 times cheaper than comparable open-source video models. The cost advantage comes […]

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Five cloud security mistakes that start at the architecture level

Cloud Architect Nodir Safarov, who leads migration and infrastructure automation for thousands of global clients at SOTI Inc., identifies the architectural failures behind the most common cloud security gaps and the design principles that prevent them. Enterprise cloud adoption has accelerated faster than enterprise cloud security. As organizations migrate critical workloads to AWS, Azure, and multi-cloud environments, many […]

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China opens its first photonic computing lab as it bets on light to outrun US chip curbs

China has launched its first dedicated photonic computing laboratory in Shanghai, signalling that Beijing sees light-based chips as a strategic route around Washington’s tightening grip on conventional semiconductor exports. The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Integrated Photonic Computing Chips and Systems opened on 11 June at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the state-backed Jiefang Daily reported. The lab is […]

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Infineon is opening a €5 billion chip factory in Dresden. It is the EU Chips Act’s first major success.

Infineon Technologies is preparing to open its largest single investment, a €5 billion semiconductor factory on its Dresden campus, on 2 July. The Smart Power Fab, which received approximately €1 billion in EU Chips Act subsidies, will produce power semiconductors used in AI data centres, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems. The opening arrives three […]

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