Eka raises $150M at $1.45B valuation for force-based robot manipulation
AIEka Robotics closed a $150 million Series A round at a $1.45 billion post-money valuation, led by a16z and F-Prime. The startup's robot picks up about 1,500 objects per hour and reports picking reliably more than 95% of the time.
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The article links a $150M Series A valuation to a force-based robot manipulation approach and includes skeptical expert input on real-world deployment limits.
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TechCrunch · AI · Tim Fernholz · techcrunch.comPublished · added here
Original title: Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving