Tether Pours Funds Into Italian Humanoid Robots Aiming For A Smarter Future
Tether Investments has joined a €70 million funding round for Generative Bionics, a company spun out of the Italian Institute of Technology. Related Reading: South Korea Tightens Grip On Crypto Exchanges, Imposes Bank-Level Standards According to the announcement, the move is aimed at speeding work on humanoid robots and Physical AI systems built for industry […]
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