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.

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