Spirit AI Lands $280M to Scale Embodied AI Through "Dirty Data"

BEIJING, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit AI has raised $280 million USD to scale the deployment of general-purpose embodied models. The funding arrives as the industry pivots toward Scaling ...
The Manila Times

X-Humanoid Introduces Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, a More Open and Practical Humanoid Robotics Platform

Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) officially launched its latest general-purpose robot platform, ...
The National Law Review

AgiBot GO-1: The Evolution of Generalist Embodied Foundation Model from VLA to ViLLA

Shanghai, China , March 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AgiBot launches Genie Operator-1 (GO-1), an innovative generalist embodied foundation model. GO-1 introduces the novel ...
NextBigFuture

AGI Needs World Models and State of World Models

Demis Hassabis, Google Deepmind CEO, just told the AI world that ChatGPT’s path needs a world model. OpenAI and Google and XAI and Anthropic are all using the LLM (Large Language Model Approach).
Ventureburn

Spirit AI Raises $250M to Advance Embodied Intelligence

Spirit AI secures $250M in funding to scale embodied AI and robotics, boosting its valuation and industrial deployment plans ...
Morningstar

Robbyant Open-Sources LingBot-World, a World Model for Millisecond-Level Real-Time Interaction

Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, today announced the open-source release of LingBot-World, a world model that achieves industry-leading performance in video quality, dynamic fidelity ...
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The Surprising Leap in AI: How Genie 3’s World Model Redefines Synthetic Reality

“Genie 3 is the first real-time interactive general purpose world model,” announced Shlomi Fruchter, DeepMind research director, at a recent press conference. The announcement is a watershed for ...
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DeepMind reveals Genie 3, a world model that could be the key to reaching AGI

Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that the AI lab says presents a crucial stepping stone on the path to artificial general intelligence, or human-like ...
The Indianapolis Star

New Platform Challenges AI Industry Hype, Advocates for Embodied Intelligence Over Language Models

Emerging Voice in Tech Analysis Questions Trillion-Dollar AI Valuations and Points to Robotics as True Future of Artificial Intelligence BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES ...
TechCrunch

DeepMind thinks its new Genie 3 world model presents a stepping stone toward AGI

Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that can be used to train general-purpose AI agents, a capability that the AI lab says makes for a crucial stepping stone on the ...

Xiaomi-Backed RoboParty Launches ORIGIN: World's First-Tier Full-Stack Open-Source Bipedal Humanoid Robot, Forging Embodied Infrastructure

In January 2026, RoboParty launched ROBOTO ORIGIN's full-stack open-source on GitHub alongside a global developer co-creation program, breaking the industry's fragmented open-source model with a ...
Business Insider

Xiaomi-Backed RoboParty Launches ORIGIN: World’s First-Tier Full-Stack Open-Source Bipedal Humanoid Robot, Forging Embodied Infrastructure

Shanghai, Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shanghai Roboparty Technology Co., Ltd. officially open-sourced its flagship bipedal humanoid robot ROBOTO ORIGIN in January 2026, with its R&D completed in ...