Robotics company Eka Robotics completes $150 million Series A funding round, led by a16z and F-Prime

Odaily reports: Robotics startup Eka Robotics has announced the completion of a $150 million Series A funding round at a post-money valuation of $1.45 billion, co-led by a16z and F-Prime. The company was founded by MIT professor Pulkit Agrawal and former Google DeepMind researcher Tuomas Haarnoja, and primarily develops manipulation architectures that combine force-sensitive grippers with a "vision-force-action" model, distinguishing itself from the mainstream "vision-language-action" model. (TechCrunch)