Nvidia Robotics Veteran Amulya Vishwanath Launches Techable VC to Back Physical AI
Amulya Vishwanath, who led product marketing for Nvidia's robotics platforms for seven years.
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SiliconANGLEAI Score2222 Cerebras pitches inference speed as the edge in agentic AI
Cerebras is positioning inference speed as the deciding factor in agentic AI.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score8080 Oxford photonics startup Salience Labs raises $125M Series B led by Bullhound
Salience Labs, a photonic chip startup based in Milton, Oxfordshire, raised an oversubscribed $125 million Series B led by Bullhound Capital.
Why it matters: The round shows chipmakers spreading photonics bets across optical I/O, interconnect and switching layers, giving readers a concrete read on where AI data-center networking money is going.
Tech.euSame newsAI Score7878 Salience Labs raises $125M Series B for photonic AI data centre chips
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Salience Labs raised a $125 million Series B led by Bullhound Capital, with Intel Capital.
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Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score5858 FLÆ Robotics raises over €1M from Purple Ventures for hotel AI agent BE-A
FLÆ Robotics has raised more than €1 million from Purple Ventures and Garage Angels to support BE-A.
Why it matters: The funding round and the 60% guest-journey figure give a concrete read on how far hotel AI agents have moved into front-desk work.
Tech.euAI Score4242 Polish spacetech KP Labs raises €4.42M from Momentum Capital Partners to scale in-orbit AI data processing
Polish spacetech KP Labs has raised €4.42 million (PLN 19.4 million) from Momentum Capital Partners to scale its in-orbit AI data processing. KP Labs builds processing units.
SiliconANGLEAI Score6060 xMEMS starts mass-producing solid-state cooling chips for AI hardware
xMEMS Labs has begun mass production of its XMC-2400 and XMC-4800 solid-state active cooling chips.
SiliconANGLESame newsAI Score6060 Ubitium raises $14M to build universal processor for physical AI
German semiconductor startup Ubitium raised $14 million in additional seed funding led by Ibex Investors.
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SiliconANGLEAI Score2222 theCUBE to Cover SEMICON West on Oct. 14: AI-Powered Engineering and Physics Intelligence
theCUBE will livestream coverage of SEMICON West on Oct. 14 in San Francisco.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score6262 Ubitium raises €14M seed led by Ibex Investors for physical-AI chip
Düsseldorf-based Ubitium raised a €14 million seed round led by Ibex Investors, bringing total seed funding to €18 million since its 2024 launch.
Why it matters: Ubitium's €14M seed and 2027 UB410 sampling plan show how physical-AI chip startups are consolidating DSP, NPU and CPU work onto one array.
TechCrunch VentureTop DealsAI Score8080 Robot data startup Mecka AI raises $60M Series B led by Sequoia
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid and other robots.
Why it matters: Mecka AI's $60M Series B shows how human-motion data collection is becoming a funded layer for robot training, with Nvidia and M12 joining Sequoia.
TechCrunch VentureTop DealsAI Score6666 Ghost raises $11M seed led by a16z for $3,499 personal AI computer
Ghost emerged from stealth with an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz to build Core.
Why it matters: Ghost's $11M seed and $3,499 Core box show how founders are pitching dedicated local hardware for always-on personal AI agents.
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