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A 17-year-old Microsoft prodigy bags $71M to bring AI robots into the real world

A 17-year-old Microsoft prodigy, Jonathan Jacobi, has raised $71 million to bring AI-powered robots into real-world applications. Jacobi, who began studying computer science at age 13, secured the funding for his startup, which aims to deploy autonomous robots in industrial and commercial settings.

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Jonathan Jacobi’s journey into artificial intelligence started unusually early. He began studying computer science at just 13, completed…

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techfundingnews.com — original article Backed by ex-DHL and Maersk execs, 5U AI raises $3.2M to tackle freight forwarding with AI OpenAI bags 88,000 sq ft Dublin HQ as AI giants’ European office race heats up Female-founded edtech imagi raises $4.5M seed from OpenAI and Lovable execs to bring safe AI to classrooms
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