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Andra Keay

Oakland, United Kingdom
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See through my robot colored glasses! Unlike AI, robots MUST do something worth while for people or no one will ever build, deploy or just not destroy them.
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🦾 Robotics Funding Rounds by Month - June 2026

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By Andra Keay
| Robots and Startups
According to Anduril’s CEO Brian Schimpf via Fortune, defense tech is becoming a bubble with valuations increasingly divorced from reality. Anduril, of course, is now valued at $61 Billion. In the first quarter of 2026, VCs deployed a record $19.8 billion into defense tech across 262 deals, according to PitchBook. (For comparison: That number in Q1 2024 was $5.7 billion, and in Q1 2025 was about $17 billion.) It’s a big shift in investor appetite from just 5 or 6 years ago.
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Happy 250 years of American robotics and AI!

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By Andra Keay
| Robots and Startups
My interest in robots began when I was lucky enough to be taken to New York’s World Fair in 1964. Even though I was only four years old, I can remember the sense of wonder that seeing an animatronic figure gave me. I’m afraid my interest wasn’t really in the content of Abe Lincoln’s address on the preservation of American democracy, liberty, and the rule of law. I was spellbound by seeing that such a lifelike robot had been constructed by humans.
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Bots, Bevs & Devs

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By Andra Keay
| luma.com
​Join us for another great evening of networking, short talks and robotics and AI demos at Blue River Technologies. You can sign up here (Eventbrite) for a short talk, and/or a demo or hiring table with social media shout out. Just want to attend and enjoy? RSVP here (Luma).
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