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With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it’s easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created “crash-test dummies” to solve that.
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn’t see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating, while people who only need a car for a few months are stuck paying too much for too little choice, so he bu…
“One of the biggest reasons we are winning against robotics companies is because we are not a robotics company.”
Uhura Bionics, a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Battlefield 200, wants to replace flat, robotics voice devices with one that carries emotions.
The startup’s robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.
The startup is working on small, light motors with no rare earth magnets that are suited for drones, fans, and robots.
Noble Carbon has developed a smart circuit breaker that allows households to electrify without the pain of a main panel upgrade.
Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and loss.