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Apptronik powers ahead in humanoid race with $520M funding
AUSTIN: Humanoid robotics startup Apptronik raised $520 million on Wednesday in a Series A extension round at a $5 billion...
- February 12, 2026
- Anurag Shukla
Artificial Intelligence
Lema AI Raises $24M to Fix Enterprise Supply Chain Security
NEW YORK: Lema AI emerges from stealth with $24 million in Series A funding to replace static vendor compliance checklists...
- February 12, 2026
- Yashika Aneja
Artificial Intelligence
Creating Disney Characters Via Google AI is No Longer Easy
New Delhi: Disney has moved to curb the unchecked creation of its characters by artificial intelligence tools, forcing Google to...
- February 12, 2026
- Shobhit Kalra
Artificial Intelligence
University of Michigan AI System Interprets Brain MRI Scans in Seconds
ANN ARBOR: University of Michigan researchers developed an AI system that interprets brain MRI scans in seconds, accurately identifying neurological...
- February 11, 2026
- Anurag Shukla
Startup Stories
Runway AI Raises $315Mn at $5.3Bn Valuation for World Models
NEW YORK: AI video generation startup Runway secured $315 million in Series E funding at a $5.3 billion valuation, nearly...
- February 11, 2026
- Shobhit Kalra
Startup Stories
Supertails raises $30mn to scale petcare services in India
Bengaluru: Aiming to deepen its presence in the country’s fast-growing pet services market, the Indian petcare startup Supertails has secured...
- February 11, 2026
- Shobhit Kalra
Business
AI Boom Triggers Global Memory Chip Shortage, DRAM Prices Surge 600%
SAN FRANCISCO: A global memory chip shortage is driving unprecedented price increases, with the Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) spot...
- February 10, 2026
- Shobhit Kalra
Artificial Intelligence
India’s Sarvam AI Beats Google Gemini, ChatGPT on OCR Benchmarks
BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based startup Sarvam AI claims its models outperformed Google Gemini and ChatGPT on optical character recognition and text-to-speech benchmarks...
- February 10, 2026
- Anurag Shukla
Artificial Intelligence
Oxford Study Warns AI Chatbots Are Unsafe for Medical Advice
OXFORD: AI chatbots pose risks to people seeking medical advice despite excelling at standardized medical knowledge tests, according to a...
- February 10, 2026
- Amita Parul
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT for Free Users
SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI launched ad testing in ChatGPT for U.S. users on Free and Go subscription tiers, days after rival...
- February 10, 2026
- Amita Parul