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February 14, 2025

Ex-Mistral employee seeks $80m for stealth AI startup

A Deepmind developer describes Genesis Robotics' tech as 'absolutely insane'

A former Mistral employee is seeking $80m for his new company, Genesis Robotics, which is developing an AI-powered simulation platform to train the next generation of robots. 

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