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Cambridge Aerospace raises $300 million to scale drone-interceptor production
The UK defence start-up, founded just last year, is now valued at $3.4 billion and holds contracts with the British Armed Forces to shoot down low-cost attack drones.
The Robot That Can Move Is Useless If It Cannot See
A mining robotics company explains why perception, not motion control, is the hardest problem in industrial autonomy, and what happens when machines go blind in a dust cloud.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 adds a second AI stage focused on robots, battlefields and de-extinction
The Real World AI Stage debuts at Disrupt 2026 this October, bringing together founders building autonomous systems for defence, space, and biology, including the company trying to bring back extinct animals.
Satellites Are Multiplying Fast. AI May Be the Only Way to Keep Them Running
With up to 70,000 new satellites possible in the next five years, human operators alone cannot keep pace. A space industry veteran explains what AI can do in orbit, and why the rules haven't caught up yet.
The Gap Between a Robot Demo and a Robot That Actually Works
A co-founder of agricultural robotics firm Burro explains why the hardest part of building autonomous machines is not the lab work. It is Tuesday morning in the rain.
The Dutch Navy Is Testing Crewless Warships Run by AI
Two unmanned patrol vessels are circling target ships off the Dutch coast. No sailors onboard. A computer decides where they go.
Ondas pays $875.8 million for drone maker DZYNE, betting big on AI-guided military systems
The deal bundles long-range spy drones, drone-killing interceptors, and AI cargo gliders into a single defence platform the company is calling Ondas Sentinel.