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Anthropic acquires team behind Humanloop

Anthropic acquires team behind Humanloop

14 Aug 2025, 14:04 PM

Humanloop, which was founded in 2020 as a University College London spinout, has raised $7.91 million in seed funding across two rounds.

At a Glance: Global bipedal robot race accelerates as Chinese firms make bigger strides

At a Glance: Global bipedal robot race accelerates as Chinese firms make bigger strides

29 Jul 2025, 15:47 PM

Elon Musk recently said Tesla and SpaceX lead the humanoid robot race, but Chinese firms will dominate ranks two to 10. With Unitree launching a low-cost model, the robotics race is heating up fast.

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China's Unitree prices new humanoid robot at under $6,000

26 Jul 2025, 20:18 PM

The startup came into the limelight after its CEO Wang Xingxing joined big names like Alibaba's Jack Ma and Tencent’s Pony Ma at a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Ex-Intel CEO launches new AI benchmark focussed on human values

Ex-Intel CEO launches new AI benchmark focussed on human values

11 Jul 2025, 20:39 PM

Flourishing AI (FAI) benchmark is developed in partnership with Gloo, a company former CEO Pat Gelsinger invested in over a decade ago.

Fintech Highlights

  1. Payments Council of India reappoints CCAvenue's Vishwas Patel as chairperson

  2. Avanse Financial Services raises $200 million in debt via ECB

  3. Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund hikes stake in Paytm

  4. Kiwi raising Series B funding led by Vertex

  5. Kissht files draft paper for IPO, eyes Rs 1,000 crore via fresh issue
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AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Google inks cloud computing deal worth $10 billion with Meta

  2. OpenAI's chief people officer Julia Villagra steps down

  3. OpenAI set to open its first India office

  4. Robotics startup FieldAI raises $405 million from Nvidia's VC arm, others

  5. Meta hits pause on hiring for AI division
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