Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise TechCrunch By:Sean O'Kane 29 June 2026 at 18:00 The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.
General Intuitionβs $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world TechCrunch By:Rebecca Bellan 25 June 2026 at 20:55 General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal TechCrunch By:Kirsten Korosec 24 June 2026 at 20:48 Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.
Baidu, PostBus win approval for Swiss robotaxi service Tech in Asia By:Grace Priscilla Teo 13 June 2026 at 06:05 The service will use app-booked electric RT6 vehicles that seat three passengers.
Xiaomi-backed Dreame weighs Hong Kong IPO in 2027 Tech in Asia By:Grace Priscilla Teo 12 June 2026 at 12:56 Public estimates put the company's 2023 revenue at 8 billion yuan (US$1.18 billion).