AI & RoboticsNews

Wonderful raised $100M Series A to put AI agents on the front lines of customer service

November 12, 2025
Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, IVP, Bessemer, and Vine Ventures. The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top tier investors it’s not just another GPT wrapper, but a company building the infrastructure and orchestration…
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Scientists are designing a new camera that could detect alien life

November 12, 2025
The ‘Earthrise’ photo from the Apollo 8 mission is widely considered one of the most copied and iconic photographs of all time. Taken by astronaut Bill Anders on December 24, 1968, it showed the Earth as a fragile, vulnerable sphere in the darkness of space, a perspective that profoundly influenced the environmental movement over the ensuing decades.  But now UK scientists are…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Toyota's first electric pickup is finally here [Images]

November 12, 2025
Toyota revealed a fully electric version of its best-selling pickup truck for the first time. The new EV pickup will begin rolling out next month, but those in the US may miss out. When is Toyota launching its first electric pickup? We had a feeling it was coming soon. Toyota teased the electric pickup truck in a shadowy image last week, saying a “major unveiling” was set for this…
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DefenseNews

Pentagon wants ‘calculated’ risk culture in weapons buying revamp

November 12, 2025
The Pentagon wants its overhauled cadre of executives in charge of major acquisition programs to have enough flexibility and power to take calculated risks and focus on delivering new weapons speedily. As part of the sweeping reform to the military’s acquisition processes that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled Friday, the Pentagon plans to transform program executive officers into…
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