AI Robotics May 21, 2026
Figure AI Humanoid Robot Narrowly Loses to Human Intern in 10-Hour Package Sorting Showdown
Figure AI livestreamed its humanoid robots sorting packages for nearly a week, culminating in a human-vs-robot competition where intern Aimé Gérard defeated the robots 12,924 to 12,732 packages.
AI Startups May 21, 2026
Hark Raises $700M Series A at $6B Valuation for Secretive 'Universal' AI Interface
AI lab Hark, founded by robotics entrepreneur Brett Adcock, raised $700M in Series A funding to build a universal AI personal assistant with custom hardware, backed by Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Salesforce.