In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants

Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

Unpacking Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars

Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter?

Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try

The firm says it can can reduce the cost of chip development by more than 75% and cut the timeline by more than half. 

Nothing’s AI devices plan reportedly contains smart glasses and earbuds

The glasses will reportedly feature cameras, microphones and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries.

Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion

The fitness tracking startup just closed a $575 million Series G with Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James among its investors. The obvious question looming over a round of this size at this valuation: Is an IPO coming?

Meta launches two new Ray-Ban glasses designed for prescription wearers

Meta says these glasses are the most comfortable ones it has ever designed, as they’re made for all-day comfort.

With its new app store, Ring bets on AI to go beyond home security

Ring’s app store will allow the company to target broader use cases beyond security, like elder care or business needs.

AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre-IPO round

The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challenger to Nvidia’s dominance.

miros raises €1.1M to bring on-demand workpods to public spaces

miros, a Lausanne-based startup founded in 2023 and spun out of the EPFL ecosystem, announced the closing of a €1.1 million (CHF 1 million) Pre-Seed funding round from various business angels. miros …

The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great

The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn’t brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone.