Theker, a Barcelona-based AI robotics startup, raises $85M in Europe's largest robotics Series A to develop reconfigurable robots for manufacturing and logistics, backed by CRV, Samsung, and others.
Tether led a $1.4 billion investment round in NEURA Robotics, a German AI robotics firm. The funding aims to advance physical AI and humanoid robots, integrating Tether's wallet and edge AI technologies into NEURA's ecosystem for autonomous machine transactions and local processing.
AI robots are impressive but years away from mass human replacement, researchers state. While capable of repetitive tasks, they struggle with adaptability, reliability, and cost in dynamic environments, unlike humans. Concerns about job displacement due to AI persist, with some US companies reporting AI-related layoffs.
