India's MeitY Probes Gig Platforms Over In-Home AI Data Harvesting
MeitY grilled Snabbit, Pronto and Urban Company over in-home video capture for AI training, as Pronto faces scrutiny over data sales to overseas developers.
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Physical AI
Topic
Physical AI
SoftBank Leads $500M Series F in Agile Robots at $8.5B Valuation
Munich-based Agile Robots raised $500M in a SoftBank-led Series F at an $8.5B valuation, with Nvidia and Hitachi joining. Total f…
Panasonic Launches KMC to Turn Factory Know-How Into Shared AI Models
Panasonic's KMC initiative, announced November 11, 2026, pools Japanese manufacturing know-how into shared Physical AI reference…
Pentagon Eyes Billion-Dollar Robot Startup as US-China Race Intensifies
Standard Bots, valued at $1 billion, says its arms do 300+ jobs as CEO Evan Beard lobbies Washington for loans and China curbs. A…
Sompo and NTT Bet on Care Robots for Japan's Aging Crisis
NTT and Sompo Holdings signed a November 11, 2026 agreement to study physical AI in nursing care, targeting cleaning, laundry and…
Seattle's Ascend Closes $17M Fund III for Inception-Stage AI
Ascend's $17M Fund III writes $250K-$750K first checks in AI and deep tech. Winfield: "We believe pre-seed is still a craft busin…
Path Robotics Nabs $300M Series E at $2.45 Billion Valuation
Path Robotics closed a $300M Series E led by Georgian at a $2.45B valuation, nearly 4x its prior worth, on 17-fold ARR growth — b…
Path Robotics Raises $300 Million at $2.45 Billion Valuation
Path Robotics raised $300 million at a $2.45 billion valuation. ARR rose 17-fold in 18 months, but major shipbuilding awards rema…
Intel and Altera Develop Modular Sensor Bridges for Physical AI
Intel and Altera are developing modular, real-time sensor-bridge reference designs for healthcare, aerospace and defense systems,…
MOVIN Raises $7.44 Million Series A for Physical AI Motion Data
MOVIN raised $7.44M in Series A led by IMM Investment. Boston Dynamics already uses its markerless LiDAR capture tech; 70% of rev…
NVIDIA opens four Cosmos 3 Nano checkpoints for world simulation
NVIDIA released four 16B Cosmos 3 Nano checkpoints for robotics and autonomous driving, with open commercial-use licensing and re…