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Online Oceans raises £4M to scale autonomous fleets for maritime security

UK-based maritime defencestartup Online Oceans has raised £4 million in funding to scale its autonomoussurface vessels and fleet software platform. The round was led by Seraphim Space, with participat…

Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.

We visited Scout AI’s training ground where it’s working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.

All3 raises $25M to boost construction productivity with robotics and AI

All3, acompany developing a robotic platform for construction, has raised $25 millionin a seed funding round led by RTP Global, with significant participation fromSuperSeed and additional backing from…

German robotics startup Sereact raises $110M

German robotics startup Sereact has raised $110m in a Series B funding round, with the funding used to develop and scale its latest AI model and US expansion, it announced today.The round was led by S…

Why Tokyo is the most important tech destination of 2026

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 has four tightly defined technology domains, each backed by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibit floors, and sessions featuring the people actually building and funding these technologies globally.

Apple under Ternus: what comes next for the tech giant’s hardware strategy

John Ternus, Apple’s incoming CEO, is a hardware guy, signaling Apple may be putting devices back at the center of its strategy.

Sony’s table tennis robot made me think about what happens when AI gets a body

Sony’s table tennis robot looks like a lab flex with a paddle. The real story starts when AI stops answering prompts and learns to move through our world.

This Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of ENIAC
This Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of ENIAC

Tom Burick has always considered himself a builder. Over the years he’s designed robots, constructed a vintage teardrop trailer, and most recently, led a group of students in building a full-scale replica of a pivotal 1940s computer. Burick is a techn…