Robotics Startup Skild AI Raises $1.4B at $14B+ Valuation
Skild AI raised nearly $1.4 billion to advance a unified foundation model designed to control multiple types of robots. The funding values the company at more than $14 billion.
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Skild AI raised nearly $1.4 billion to advance a unified foundation model designed to control multiple types of robots. The funding values the company at more than $14 billion.
VoiceRun, a platform for coding and scaling AI voice agents, raised $5.5 million in seed funding. The company aims to improve voice agent quality and flexibility for enterprise developers.
A consumer watchdog raised concerns that Google’s new AI shopping protocol could enable personalized upselling and pricing. Google rejected the claims, saying its tools cannot alter prices based on user data.
The Trump administration approved China-bound sales of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips under new restrictions. The move sets review and allocation limits aimed at balancing trade and security concerns.
Meta and EssilorLuxottica are discussing plans to potentially double production capacity for AI-powered smart glasses to meet rising demand. The move would strengthen Meta’s push into AI-driven hardware.
ElevenLabs surpassed $330 million in annual recurring revenue, highlighting rapid enterprise adoption of its voice agents and generative audio products. The company continues to expand product offerings and strategic partnerships.
Smart Analytics Global forecasts the AI smart glasses market will quadruple in 2026, driven by Ray-Ban Meta and anticipated entries from Apple and Samsung, with revenue hitting $5.6 billion.
AI-native biotech Proxima raised $80 million in an oversubscribed seed round to develop proximity-based therapeutics. The funding supports AI-driven discovery for previously “undruggable” targets across oncology and immunology.
Salesforce introduced a next-generation AI version of Slackbot for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers. The agent can draft emails, schedule meetings, and connect across enterprise apps.
Brazil’s competition authority ordered WhatsApp to suspend its policy banning third-party AI chatbots on its business API. The move follows concerns the policy may favor Meta AI over competitors.