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Recent funding activity highlights a bifurcation in hardware and robotics investment: Shenzhen’s Pudu Robotics secured roughly $150 million, pushing total backing past $300 million and valuation above $1.5 billion, signaling sustained investor appetite for commercial service robots. At the same time, high-profile AI and tooling deals face delays and pullbacks—SpaceX paused an immediate acquisition of AI startup Cursor to avoid IPO complications, and Cursor’s planned $2 billion funding round appears to be off. Together these stories show robust capital for proven hardware companies but growing caution around large strategic acquisitions and mega-rounds in AI-adjacent startups.
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Monica Hunter-Hart / Forbes : Havoc, which offers autonomous boats and software to control thousands of vessels at once, raised a $100M Series A led by Cobalt and Boardman Bay — Interest in drone boats is surging as the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz drags on. Havoc, which just closed a $100 million funding round …
The Robot Report : Shenzhen-based Pudu Robotics, which makes commercial service robots, raised ~$150M, bringing its total funding to $300M+, and says its valuation exceeds $1.5B — Pudu Technology Inc. today said it has it raised nearly $150 million in a new funding round. Following this round …
Bloomberg : Sources: SpaceX isn't acquiring Cursor immediately because the deal could delay its IPO; Cursor is no longer proceeding with its reported $2B funding round — SpaceX said it has an agreement giving it the right to acquire artificial intelligence startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year …