automata
More automatons about buildings and food
As I noted last year, we’re ramping up to return to Boston this July for our TC Sessions Robotics event. Our March 2020 event on the Berkeley campus was the last major in-person TechCrunch show befo
Automata expands its lab automation ambitions with $50M B round
The world’s labs are under pressure to do more tests and process more materials, not just due to COVID but from the growing biotech and drug development sectors — and automation is the sure pa
Acrylic raises debut $55M solo GP fund to paint the future of crypto
It’s been quite the year for crypto capital, what with Coinbase’s blockbuster debut earlier this year in a direct listing and A16Z raising $2.2 billion for its third crypto-focused fund. But as th
UK’s Automata raises $7.4M for its lightweight industrial ‘desktop’ robot
Manufacturing has been one of the biggest and earliest adopters of robotics innovations in the last several years, but with that early movement has also come entrenchment: the industry is rife with ex
Entrepreneur First Demo Day: Meet The Nine Startups That Presented (And Read Our Take)
Yesterday afternoon I attended London-based <a target="_blank" href="http://www.joinef.com/">Entrepreneur First</a>'s fourth Demo Day. EF isn't an accelerator, co-founder Matt Clifford was at pains to
The Story Of The Mechanical Padre
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monk.jpeg"><a HREF="http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/jun/14/clockwork-miracle/">Radiolab</a> has an excellent story about
DIY – A wooden hand crank iPhone dock
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_2157.JPG" />So you're finally decided that you have too much finely shaped plastic, aluminum, and steel in your life. You've got a wo