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Reward AI, a robotics startup founded by researchers behind DexCap, HumanPlus, and ALOHA, has unveiled OM-1 (Omnibody Model 1), a general-purpose manipulation policy trained exclusively on human demonstrations captured with a sensorized glove.

At TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in New York on Thursday night, Insight Partners managing director Deven Parekh made a case that has become contrarian in modern venture capital: his firm is deliberately staying diversified while rivals concentrate their bets on frontier AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

Metaplanet equity backlash, SE Asia crypto funding doubles: Asia Express A new controversy around Japan's Metaplanet is colliding with fresh data showing Southeast Asian crypto funding doubled in 2026.

Stoke Space has raised $1 billion in a new funding round, a massive vote of confidence for the startup's plan to build a fully reusable rocket.

Wisconsin is awarding $25 million in federal funding to build 42 new DC fast-charging stations across the state.