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Urban India is becoming increasingly used to not having to wait — at least when it comes to getting goods and services delivered. You only need to look at the breakneck pace at which instant delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy Instamart have grown and continue to see adoption soar in the country.

Pronto, one such startup that lets users...

Melbourne O’Banion co-founded insurtech Bestow with Jonathan Abelmann in 2017 after struggling to secure his own life insurance policy.

His goal was to make it easier for people to obtain life insurance and make the process more tech-enabled.

Initially, Bestow operated as a direct-to-consumer insurance provider — selling, underwriting, and servicing...

– Ondas Holdings Inc.  a provider of private industrial wireless networks and commercial drone and automated data solutions, has announced it has secured a $3.4 million order for its Iron Drone Raider Counter-UAS system from renowned European defense contractor for their governmental end client.

This marks the initial deployment of the Iron Drone...

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First Person View (FPV) drones have been trialled by deploying them from an RAF Chinook helicopter. UK defence is embracing FPV drones due to their proven effectiveness in recent conflicts, the tactical advantages they offer on the battlefield, their alignment with future military strategies, and the ability to rapidly train personnel in their use....

Savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired EarlyBird, an investment gifting platform for families, the company told A Technology NewsRoom exclusively. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

As part of the acquisition, EarlyBird will shut down, and all customer accounts will officially close on June 23. Customers’ funds will be r...

– NATS Services has announced the launch of its whitepaper which outlines key learning and recommendations to enable the growth of the Advanced Air Mobility industry following the success of Project AMEC – part of UKRI’s Future Flight Challenge.

Project AMEC brought together key industry partners to explore how Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) can be...

Despite courtroom chaos, Rippling is still going full steam ahead. The HR tech startup at the center of an increasingly dramatic legal battle with rival Deel just raised a fresh $450 million in funding at a $16.8 billion valuation, and launched a new “Startup Stack” to woo early-stage companies — winning over Y Combinator as both an investor and a...

US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to recompete the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle – Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) programme, meant to result in a vertical take-off unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that could move up to 600 lb (272.1 kg) of cargo as far as 25 n miles (46 km).

A fly-off, held in July 2024 at Yuma Proving Grounds,...

Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer’s tech stack.

Tensor9 converts a software vendor’s code i...

At long last, digital consumer bank Chime has moved forward with its IPO by filing its S-1 paperwork Tuesday. Chime had reportedly filed confidential S-1 paperwork back in December.

S-1 filings typically reveal all kinds of information, covering financial, legal, and other risk factors. But Chime’s S-1 documents still have a lot of blank spaces. We...

North American robot orders peaked in 2022, when the company experienced multiple record quarters in a row.

Robot orders in North America remained essentially flat in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). The organization found that companies purchased 9,064 units valued at $580.7 million in Q1 of...

Popular legal AI tool Harvey will now be using leading foundation models from Anthropic and Google, moving beyond strictly using OpenAI’s, Harvey announced in a blog post on Tuesday.

This is noteworthy because Harvey is one of the OpenAI Startup Fund’s most successful early-backed portfolio companies. The OpenAI Startup Fund is an OpenAI-associated...

At the Automate show this week, 3D Infotech will demonstrate a turnkey quality inspection process with the UR15 and UR AI Accelerator, demonstrating the potential of physical AI in the UR15. | Source: Universal Robots

Universal Robots unveiled its fastest collaborative robot (cobot) yet today. The UR15 has a maximum TCP speed of 5 m/s to reduce...

Fabled startup investor and accelerator Y Combinator has some choice words for Google in an amicus brief it just submitted in the U.S.’s monopoly case against the search giant.

In the brief, YC charged that Google is a “monopolist” that has “stunted” the U.S. startup ecosystem by making VC firms like itself hesitate to fund web search and AI startup...

The SSi Mantra 3 includes 40+ robotic surgical instruments that can be used for different specialties including cardiac surgery. | Source: SS Innovations

SS Innovations plans to submit a de novo classification request to the U.S. FDA for its SSi Mantra 3 surgical robotic system. Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based SS Innovations plans to submit in July....

As serial entrepreneur Joel Milne founded, scaled, and then successfully sold mobile auto repair service startup RepairSmith to AutoNation, he was plagued by a persistent problem. 

The automotive retail industry has a communication problem. And it’s an expensive one. Thousands of dealerships and mechanic shops — each one with an array of software s...

A Waymo robotaxi operating in LA. | Credit: Waymo

Waymo is sending a small fleet of robotaxis to map the city of Boston. The cars won&t be driving autonomously. Instead, the vehicles will have trained, human autonomous specialists behind the wheel at all times.

The goal of the trip is to explore Boston&s unique & and chaotic...

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Two new drone designs, Apollo and Athena, are in development at Kratos with a particular focus on collaborative operations with other crewed and uncrewed aircraft, and an eye toward sales in Europe. The modular Apollo and Athena designs are smaller than the company’s XQ-58 Valkyrie, and could be configured to carry weapons, electronic warfare s...

The new Gemini 435Le stereo vision package. Source: Orbbec

DETROIT — At Automate 2025 today, Orbbec Inc. unveiled the Gemini 435Le, the latest addition to its stereo vision lineup. The Troy, Mich.-based company said it delivers substantial enhancements for industrial applications and offers leading depth-sensing performance.

&The Gemini...