The Cross Heads

Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds

Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round.” On its website, it explained: We had secured a lead investor who was prepared to close the round. However, at the last minute, they […]

December 10, 2024 | robots, Smart Home, Tech | No comments

HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death

Brandon Kashani, a former student of Brain’s and startup mentor at NC State’s entrepreneurship clinic, recalled to the Technician about how he met with Brain on November 15. “He felt like his reputation was tarnished, like everything he worked for was ruined, and the root of all that was he didn’t get any support from […]

December 4, 2024 | AI, Biz & IT, futurism, futurist, HowStuffWorks, Marshall Brain, NC State, NC State University, NCSU, Obituaries, obituary, Robotic Nation, robots, Tech, transhumanism, wired | No comments

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