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FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics / Rebecca Szkutak

FieldAI, an Irvine, California-based robotics startup, has raised $405 million across multiple previously undisclosed rounds to develop what it calls “foundational embodied AI models” — essentially robot brains designed to help everything from humanoids to quadrupeds to self-driving cars adapt to new environments. The company announced the funding Wednesday; the most recent round raised $314

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Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand its AI-powered sleep tech

Artificial Intelligence, Fundraising / Kate Park

Roughly one in three adults in the U.S. regularly gets insufficient sleep, driving demand for tools that can monitor, analyze, and enhance rest. Eight Sleep, founded in 2014, offers AI-powered sleep tech products that promise to transform your bed into a preventive health device. The New York-based startup announced Tuesday that it raised a fresh

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Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell

Artificial Intelligence, Startups / Rebecca Szkutak

Anna Monaco has been building AI agents since before the term “AI agents” was even a thing. After building numerous chatbots, she started looking for other types of interfaces that made sense for AI agents and landed on spreadsheets. “I had this personal pattern, and I noticed that a lot of other people had this

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Seoul-based Datumo raises $15.5M to take on Scale AI, backed by Salesforce

Artificial Intelligence, Startups / Kate Park

Most organizations say they aren’t fully prepared to use generative AI in a safe and responsible way, according to a recent McKinsey report. One concern is explainability — understanding how and why AI makes certain decisions. While 40% of respondents view it as a significant risk, only 17% are actively addressing it, per the report.

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US government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

Artificial Intelligence / Rebecca Szkutak

In Brief Posted: 1:38 PM PDT · August 14, 2025 Image Credits:Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg / Getty Images The Trump administration continues to meddle with semiconductor giant Intel. The U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take a stake in Intel, according to reporting from Bloomberg. This deal would be structured to help the company expand its

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Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up

Artificial Intelligence, Commerce / Jagmeet Singh

Google on Thursday announced a new AI-powered search tool to help travelers find flight deals — even as regulators continue to question whether the search giant’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. Called Flight Deals, the new tool is available within Google Flights and is designed to help “flexible travelers” find cheaper fares. Users can

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NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers

Artificial Intelligence, Fundraising / Rebecca Szkutak

When NeoLogic started building its more energy-efficient CPUs for AI servers, folks in the industry told its founders Avi Messica and Ziv Leshem that their idea wasn’t viable. “Most of the people that we have met say it’s impossible,” Messica told TechCrunch. “Some of them told us, at the time, that the innovation is impossible

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