Sharpa secures $668 million for commercial robotics push
Robotics startup Sharpa has raised more than RMB 4.5 billion ($668 million) at a reported RMB 22 billion post-money valuation. The company said it will use the capital for research and development, talent, and moving its general-p...
eComID acquires Nilum to enter recommerce
Stockholm-based eComID has acquired Nilum, an AI-native second-hand shopping startup, marking eComID's first move into second-hand fashion. Nilum founder Jonas Fagerlund will join eComID as head of recommerce. eComID says it opera...
Backbone raises €4 million for food-quality software
Brussels-based Backbone has raised €4 million in a pre-seed round led by Pitchdrive, with PROfounders Capital, Passion Capital, existing investor 100IN and Belgian food-industry families participating. The company says it will us...
Organized opposition halts $100 billion Virginia data-center project
Organized opposition halted a $100 billion data-center project in Prince William County, Virginia, according to a Bloomberg summary. The project's developers were backed by two of the world's biggest private-equity companies. The ...
Zeroth opens orders for Bridge humanoid robot platform
Chinese robotics firm Zeroth has launched Bridge, a compact humanoid robot, with the first Bridge Geek Edition units available for purchase. The company also introduced OpenBridge, an open-source ecosystem with development tools,...
French regulator authorizes Sensorion hearing-loss gene-therapy trial
France's medicines regulator, ANSM, has authorized Sensorion to begin HearConnex, a Phase I/II trial of its SENS-601 gene-therapy candidate for GJB2-related hearing loss, RTTNews reported. The open-label study will first assess s...

