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Just through mid-May, China-based robotics companies have already raised $5.6 billion across 176 deals this year, Crunchbase data shows, a sum matching total venture funding to the nation’s robotics companies in all of 2021, the peak of the funding...
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Most of the interesting companies that caught our eye in the past month are working on problems in the physical world, often far from the glow of a...
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Xpanner, a startup automating construction work by retrofitting construction equipment with robotics and physical AI technology, has raised $18...
Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has raised $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation — double its previous valuation — as defense-tech startups...
A total of 28 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April, with robotics startups and frontier labs leading by number of entrants for the...
Today, Japan’s unique fusion of obsessive individual creativity and precision engineering underpins both its global cultural dominance and...
A total of 37 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in March, the highest monthly count in close to four years, Crunchbase data shows. The...
While no billion-dollar rounds led this week’s list, we nonetheless saw a variety of startups in industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace...
In a quarter when nearly two-thirds of global venture capital went to just four companies, it’s easy to lose track of the many other companies...
Startup investors kept up the busy dealmaking pace this week with a number of big rounds. Top among them was a $1.75 billion Series D for Austin...
Anvil Robotics, an eight-month-old startup that aims to be the “Legos for robots,” has raised $5.5 million in a seed funding round, it tells...
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