{"slug": "a-17-year-old-microsoft-prodigy-bags-71m-to-bring-ai-robots-into-the-real-world", "title": "A 17-year-old Microsoft prodigy bags $71M to bring AI robots into the real world", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Jonathan Jacobi’s journey into artificial intelligence started unusually early. He began studying computer science at just 13, completed…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-17-year-old-microsoft-prodigy-bags-71m-to-bring-ai-robots-into-the-real-world", "canonical_source": "https://techfundingnews.com/a-17-year-old-microsoft-prodigy-bags-71m-to-bring-ai-robots-into-the-real-world/", "published_at": "2026-07-28 10:16:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-28 10:26:40.644639+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "robotics", "ai-startups", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Jonathan Jacobi", "Microsoft"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-17-year-old-microsoft-prodigy-bags-71m-to-bring-ai-robots-into-the-real-world", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-17-year-old-microsoft-prodigy-bags-71m-to-bring-ai-robots-into-the-real-world.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-17-year-old-microsoft-prodigy-bags-71m-to-bring-ai-robots-into-the-real-world.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-17-year-old-microsoft-prodigy-bags-71m-to-bring-ai-robots-into-the-real-world.jsonld"}}