Roomba inventor Colin Angle made robots useful. Now he wants to make them lovable.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
A Familiar and a dog
Familiar Machines designed its robot as an "abstract bear."

Familiar Machines & Magic

Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you

Tech Insider : Business
Figure CEO Brett Adcock is pictured.
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock is betting on a future of "general-purpose humanoids."

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This former a16z partner and solo VC has backed 6 unicorns. Now he's raised $50 million to invest in hard tech

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Headshot of Zal Bilimoria
Zal Bilimoria is the sole partner at Refactor Capital.

Refactor Capital

One of iRobot's co-founders is now making weird little robot companions

Engadget
They are like pets, but without all of that pesky love.

This startup wants to build an army of humanoid robot soldiers

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Phantom robot
Phantom, a humanoid robot built by Foundation, was sent to Ukraine for a pilot demonstration of a supply pickup scenario.

Courtesy Foundation

Tech guru Peter Diamandis breaks down Elon Musk's argument for government handouts in an AI-driven future

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
Elon Musk (right) and Peter Diamandis.
Elon Musk (right) and Peter Diamandis.

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Tesla slips one-sentence disclosure of a mysterious $2 billion AI hardware acquisition into its latest filing

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A person reaches toward the back of an Optimus humanoid robot at a Tesla dealership.
Tesla struck a deal to acquire an undisclosed AI hardware company for up to $2 billion in stock and equity awards.

Cheng Xin/Getty Images

Venture capitalist Nabeel Hyatt says training robots will reshape the future of work

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
Nabeel Hyatt, general partner at Spark Capital
Nabeel Hyatt, general partner at Spark Capital

Spark Capital

Voracious demand for robotics training data is transforming gig work

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
An Instawork Pro recording his activities
An Instawork Pro recording his activities

Instawork

Figure CEO speaks out on OpenAI split: 'We're going to be competitors'

Tech Insider : Business
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Figure CEO Brett Adcock are pictured.
Figure's partnership with OpenAI lasted less than a year. CEO Brett Adcock explained why the humanoid company parted ways with the AI company.

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Bloomberg/Getty Images

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