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Maven Robotics launches with $100 million in Series A funding to scale its industrial robot business. Its robots operate autonomously across multiple shifts at a Fortune 250 consumer packaged goods company, with up to eight deployed and reported uptime of at least 99% during 16-hour workdays; the system uses two vacuum-gripper arms and a wheeled base. The funding supports 250 third-generation robots and early design work on a fourth as Maven expands from palletizing into material handling and assembly.

Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Maven Robotics emerges from stealth with $100 million in funding and plans to build 250 third-generation warehouse robots. Its wheeled robots use two arms to handle mixed palletizing, and the company says up to eight robots are already working 16 hours a day with at least 99% uptime. Backed by RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures, and XTX Markets Ventures, Maven plans to expand task by task into materials handling and fabrication.

Sep 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Apian, Alphabet’s Wing, and the NHS plan a six-month pilot using drones to transport urgent blood samples between Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. The flights serve surgery patients at high risk of bleeding complications, cutting deliveries that take vans or motorbikes more than 30 minutes to less than two minutes, according to officials. The Civil Aviation Authority oversees the airspace, and a similar trial for blood platelets is also planned.

Sep 2024 · TechCrunchNews article

LocalGlobe and Pronomos Capital back Itana to pave the way for Africa’s first digital free zone. In 2022, Andela and Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji discussed Talent City, a project designed to help local and global startups and service businesses scale across Africa without challenges such as unstable policies and infrastructure deficits.

Sep 2023 · TechCrunchNews article