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

Odaily reports: Robotics startup Eka Robotics announced the completion of a $150 million Series A funding round, with 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 "vision-force-action" models, distinguishing itself from mainstream "vision-language-action" models. (TechCrunch)