Startup

High court orders directors of failed startup to repay Ksh 23 million

Nairobi's High Court has ordered directors of a failed startup to repay Ksh 23.8 million to investors after funds were mismanaged. The investors had provided Ksh 24.7 million to support the business's establishment and operations.

OpenAI invests in Sam Altman's neurotech startup Merge Labs

15 gennaio 2026 Riportato dall'IA

OpenAI has announced an investment in Merge Labs, a neurotech startup cofounded by its CEO, Sam Altman. The company emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding, aiming to develop ultrasound-based brain-computer interfaces. OpenAI plans to collaborate on technologies linking human brains to computers.

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Sunday Robotics emerges from stealth with Tesla alumni hires

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UK government pledges $130 million to support AI hardware startups

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Fukushima startup introduces welfare perspective to animal testing

Sunday Robotics emerges from stealth, poaches Tesla AI engineers

A new startup, Sunday Robotics, has exited stealth mode with $35 million in funding and recruited several senior engineers from Tesla's AI and robotics teams. The company is developing a wheeled household robot called Memo, differing from Tesla's bipedal Optimus. This talent drain highlights intensifying competition in robotics.

Yann LeCun lascia Meta per lanciare una startup di IA

19 novembre 2025 Riportato dall'IA

L'ingegnere francese Yann LeCun, pioniere dell'intelligenza artificiale, ha confermato la sua partenza da Meta dopo 12 anni nel gruppo. Pianifica di lanciare la sua startup focalizzata su modelli di IA che comprendono il mondo fisico. La mossa arriva in mezzo a un cambiamento strategico in Meta sotto il CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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