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Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI goes full-stack, demo shows

The $105M-seed startup unveiled its first robotics foundation model, GENE-26.5, alongside its own human-sized robotic hands and data-capture hardware to speed training and evaluation.

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI goes full-stack, demo shows
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TechCrunch reports that Genesis AI, a Khosla-backed robotics startup that raised a $105 million seed, has revealed its first model (GENE-26.5) and showcased a demo of robotic hands performing complex tasks, positioning the company as a full-stack player combining hardware, data collection, simulation, and model training to close the robotics ‘embodiment gap.’

Read the original reporting at TechCrunch.