Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
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This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots
Human Archive, a startup founded by Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world physical training data that AI and robotics labs are racing to acquire.
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Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data
Samsung, Hyundai and LG just bet on the startup that wants to be robotics’ data backbone.
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Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles
The company turns turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.
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Ethernovia raises $90M as investors rush to fund ‘Physical AI’
The automotive-focused company is looking to expand its ethernet-based processors to fields like robotics.
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TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”
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Where VCs think AI startups can win, even with OpenAI in the game
Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI. Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The question is, will legacy consumer products like WebMD and […]
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In 2026, AI will move from hype to pragmatism
In 2026, here’s what you can expect from the AI industry: new architectures, smaller models, world models, reliable agents, physical AI, and products designed for real-world use.
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