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South Korean startup CarbonSix has secured $40 million in Series A funding to expand its physical AI systems for manufacturing, including robotic intelligence software and hardware such as robotic hands and manipulators for factory lines.

Indian serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia is betting $30 million of his own money that workplace software must be rebuilt from the ground up for the AI era.

A developer has released an open-source mathematical fault-isolation accelerator engine on Hacker News, promising to eliminate branch divergence in AI accelerator runtime.

A new audio brand, Daisy, has entered the premium headphone market with its first product, the Daisy One, aiming to disrupt a space dominated by Apple, Sony, and Bose.

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Australia is returning to Sydney on August 19, 2026, with applications closing on July 6.