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Robot-arm maker Standard Bots hits a $1bn valuation to scale US manufacturing

America wants to build robots, not just import them. A New York startup has just raised $200mn to do exactly that.

Standard Bots has closed a $200mn round that values the company at $1bn, minting a fresh robotics unicorn. The financing was led by General Catalyst and RoboStrategy, a fund dedicated to robotics, and marks a steep step up from the $63mn the company raised in 2024 at an undisclosed valuation.

The cash will go towards expanding its manufacturing facility on Long Island, New York, and hiring more engineers.

The company builds robotic arms, the kind that automate industrial work such as complex assembly and loading and unloading machines. Its pitch is that the arms can learn a new task after simply watching a demonstration of it, thanks to AI running in the background, rather than needing an engineer to hand-code every movement.

That ease of training is the wedge...

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Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here

Apple kicked off its annual developer conference with bold promises about AI. The company, CEO Tim Cook said, would be “introducing new technologies and innovations that push the limits on what’s possible.” But its slew of announcements — centered on a brand-new “Siri AI” — had more to do with catching

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I tested the Uplift Clarksville for over 100 days and discovered a simple, subtle office chair built for the workplace

The Uplift Clarksville ergonomic chair is simple, and that's not a negative. It's actually a massive positive for this chair: it's simple where it needs to be simple, it's low cost where it needs to be low cost, and it's

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Microsoft disables over 70 GitHub repos after hackers compromised them with dangerous malware

* Threat actor reused unrotated GitHub Actions secrets to compromise 73 Microsoft repos * Miasma worm planted across Azure, microsoft, Azure‑Samples, and MicrosoftDocs orgs * Microsoft pulled affected repos, notified impacted customers, and continues investigation GitHub has disabled 73 of Microsoft’s repositories after a threat actor allegedly used credentials stolen a

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Gotta Blast! Maker Builds a Real-Life, Working Jimmy Neutron Goddard Robot

Fancy robot dogs like Boston Dynamics’ Spot have got nothing on Goddard. Not only can Goddard transform into dozens of vehicles and gadgets, but he’s also the best friend anyone could ask for. No other machine even comes close. But on second thought, Spot does have one advantage over

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