A former Formula One engineer has left the world’s fastest racing cars to tackle a much bigger engineering challenge: teaching robots to work in factories. Now, his Munich-based startup microagi has raised $55 million in the largest seed round secured by a German startup. Hummingbird led the round, with participation from Northzone, LocalGlobe, Village Global
AI music generator Suno was hacked, according to a report from 404 Media. The hacker told the publication that they used a supply chain attack in November to access an employee’s credentials, allowing them to access source code showing how Suno allegedly scraped decades of audio from YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, archive music libraries and
Halle Berry says she’s entering age 60 with the same drive she’s always had and has no plans to slow down just yet. On Wednesday’s episode of the “Making Space with Hoda Kotb” podcast, the Oscar-winning actress said one of the things she finds frustrating about aging is the expectation of retiring. Berry, who turns
Sportswear company Lululemon has invested in the $30 million Series A round raised by Syntetica, a French startup that developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, whose properties make it too good to throw away but difficult to reuse. Syntetica promises to recycle two types of nylon, Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6, that cannot be
For those of us who grew up in the mall, Old Navy’s wall of flip flops is a staple memory. Those plastic and foam sandals would surely be chewed up by the family dog, left at a friend’s house, or torn into pieces after much use. Now that we’re a little older and the summer
Applied Computing, a London-based startup that is building a basic AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, has raised a $20 million Series A led by engineering giant KBR, with participation from Databricks Ventures. Founded in 2023, the startup targets oil, gas, refining and petrochemical systems, where a single facility can have thousands
