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Teradyne's Jane Heffner Elected New President of International Federation of Robotics
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (204+ words) Jane Heffner has been elected president of the International Federation of Robotics, taking over the rotating role from Takayuki Ito of Fanuc. The IFR said Heffner will continue in her position as global vice president of channel communication at Teradyne…...
German Autonomous Mobile Robot Maker Innok Robotics Raises "3. 3 M in New Funding
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (406+ words) Innok Robotics raised more than "3. 3 million in funding to scale its autonomous mobile robots designed for outdoor industrial and brownfield sites. The funding round was primarily backed by business angel network Companisto, SME investor Prolimity Capital Partners and private co-investors,…...
South Korea's Carbon Six Secures $40 M in Series A Funding to Develop Physical AI for Manufacturing
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (222+ words) South Korean startup Carbon Six has announced raising $40 million in Series A funding to expand its robotics and AI systems for manufacturing. The company develops what it calls physical AI for manufacturing. In practical terms, Carbon Six is building robotic…...
10 Beauty Raises $23. 5 M in New Funding to Expand Robotic Manicures to Retail and Salons
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (412+ words) 10 Beauty has raised $23. 5 million to take its robotic manicure system into retailers, salons and other high-traffic locations. The Boston-based robotics company said the funding was led by Story Ventures and brings its total funding to more than $70 million. The new…...
Taktile Secures $110 M in Goldman Sachs-Led Series C to Power AI Transformation in Financial Institutions
19+ hour, 6+ min ago (297+ words) PRESS RELEASE'Taktile, the leader in AI transformation for financial institutions, has announced its $110 million Series C fundraise. Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the round, with participation from Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, and Dig Ventures....
Engram Launches with $98 M to Build AI That Actually Knows Your Organization
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (267+ words) Whatever the AI knows about you is improvised on the spot'a sticky note about your past, a document pulled mid-conversation," said Dan Biderman, CEO and co-founder of Engram. If we can anticipate your interactions, we can prepare memories ahead of…...
AI Chatbots Adopt Human Power Dynamics, Raising Safety Concerns in High-Stakes Deployments
19+ hour, 6+ min ago (168+ words) A new'study'from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that large language models mirror human social hierarchies, adjusting their behavior based on whether they are positioned as a superior or subordinate in a conversation, with potentially serious…...
AI Tools Can Strip Image Protections With a Simple Text Prompt, New Research Warns
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (152+ words) Jadliwala described the dynamic as a cat-and-mouse cycle, where researchers develop invisible protective signals only for powerful AI models to erase them with ease. Viswanath stressed the asymmetry facing creators: once a protected image is published, the artist cannot update…...
EAIGLE Secures Growth Funding from Noro-Moseley Partners and In Revenue Capital to Scale AI-Native Gate & Yard Automation
19+ hour, 6+ min ago (166+ words) Transportation yards running EAIGLE's solution on average benefit from decreasing dwell time at the gate to under 30 seconds, increasing gate throughput by 5x, significantly reducing theft & fraud events, along with detention fees, turnaround times, and operational bottlenecks'culminating in an ROI of…...
X Launches Hosted MCP Server to Connect AI Assistants Directly to Its Platform
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (226+ words) X has unveiled a hosted Model Context Protocol server, giving AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, and Grok Build direct access to the platform through a user's own account permissions, without requiring developers to build and maintain their own integration…...