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Chips Chinese exhibitors locked out of Computex 2026 on Taiwan entry delays Policy Trump AI order requires early model access for US government oversight Chips AMD Considers Ryzen 5 9600X3D; Six-Core Zen 5 Cache Variant Could Arrive Late 2026 Funding SoftBank Backs Agile Robotics in $800M Round as Robotics Capex Accelerates Market HPE surges on guidance hike; enterprise AI infrastructure demand remains strong Chips Physical AI Drives Chipmakers Beyond Compute — EE Times Analysis Chips Phison Unveils PCIe 6.0 Controller With 28 GB/s Bandwidth for AI Storage Breaking Anthropic Expands Mythos Policy Platform to 150+ Organizations Globally Market Marvell Soars on Huang's $1 Trillion AI Infrastructure Call Funding Defense startup funding hits all-time record amid VC exit appetite Chips Intel Xeon 6+ Wins 18A Wafer Allocation at Computex Policy Bernie Sanders Proposes 50% Public Ownership of AI Companies Chips NVIDIA Launches New PC Chips to Expand AI Stack Presence Funding EnduroSat Eyes $200M Series C Funding, Sources Say Chips NVIDIA RTX Spark: Agentic AI PC Platform Gets Universal Support Chips SK Hynix to Double Memory Wafer Capacity in Five Years; AI Shortage Persists Until 2030 Chips Direct-to-Cell Satellite Connectivity Enables Legacy Device Support Without Specialized Hardware Chips Frore Systems' Solid-State AirJet Mini Cools Intel Wildcat Lake; 15W Fanless Cooling, 11.3mm Laptop Market Jensen Huang Says Marvell Could Become Next Trillion-Dollar Company; Stock Jumps 25% Chips Intel signals urgent need to address DRAM/memory pricing pressure Chips Chinese exhibitors locked out of Computex 2026 on Taiwan entry delays Policy Trump AI order requires early model access for US government oversight Chips AMD Considers Ryzen 5 9600X3D; Six-Core Zen 5 Cache Variant Could Arrive Late 2026 Funding SoftBank Backs Agile Robotics in $800M Round as Robotics Capex Accelerates Market HPE surges on guidance hike; enterprise AI infrastructure demand remains strong Chips Physical AI Drives Chipmakers Beyond Compute — EE Times Analysis Chips Phison Unveils PCIe 6.0 Controller With 28 GB/s Bandwidth for AI Storage Breaking Anthropic Expands Mythos Policy Platform to 150+ Organizations Globally Market Marvell Soars on Huang's $1 Trillion AI Infrastructure Call Funding Defense startup funding hits all-time record amid VC exit appetite Chips Intel Xeon 6+ Wins 18A Wafer Allocation at Computex Policy Bernie Sanders Proposes 50% Public Ownership of AI Companies Chips NVIDIA Launches New PC Chips to Expand AI Stack Presence Funding EnduroSat Eyes $200M Series C Funding, Sources Say Chips NVIDIA RTX Spark: Agentic AI PC Platform Gets Universal Support Chips SK Hynix to Double Memory Wafer Capacity in Five Years; AI Shortage Persists Until 2030 Chips Direct-to-Cell Satellite Connectivity Enables Legacy Device Support Without Specialized Hardware Chips Frore Systems' Solid-State AirJet Mini Cools Intel Wildcat Lake; 15W Fanless Cooling, 11.3mm Laptop Market Jensen Huang Says Marvell Could Become Next Trillion-Dollar Company; Stock Jumps 25% Chips Intel signals urgent need to address DRAM/memory pricing pressure

Funding Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 03:01 PM

SoftBank Backs Agile Robotics in $800M Round as Robotics Capex Accelerates

SoftBank is in talks to lead an $800 million funding round for Agile Robotics, a robotics startup focused on physical-world automation and autonomous systems. The deal, if closed, would bring the firm to a significant post-money valuation and underscore SoftBank's sustained thesis on robotics-as-infrastructure.

Agile's momentum reflects accelerating enterprise adoption of robotic process automation (RPA) and hardware-based AI, especially in logistics, manufacturing, and fulfillment centers. The round signals sustained VC appetite for physical-world AI despite broader market volatility.

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