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    AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion; Physical AI chip developer SiMa AI hits $1.45B valuation

    2026/09/29 | 5 mins.
    The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.

    Also, SiMa.AI, the edge computing startup, raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify.
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    Ocean surveillance startup Quartermaster raises another $140M

    2026/09/28 | 5 mins.
    The tech enables real-time awareness for what Quartermaster calls the “largest blind spot on Earth.”
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    Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting; plus, Feather is building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers

    2026/09/25 | 8 mins.
    Nexterity's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.

    Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.
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    Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely; plus, PitPro’s first tire-changing robot goes live in Canada

    2026/09/24 | 7 mins.
    Modal Motors is working on small, light motors with no rare earth magnets that are suited for drones, fans, and robots.

    Also, PitPro says its automated system can change four tires in under 15 minutes.
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    a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school; plus, AstroForge is putting AI in command of its next spacecraft

    2026/09/23 | 8 mins.
    This academy for promising high school grads is somewhere between a trade-school, Y Combinator and Peter Thiel's Fellowship Program.

    Autonomy-1 will have a small, transformer-based AI model taking charge of a space probe.
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