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TROT-Open-Source-Roboter lässt Evolution von Vierbeinern nachvollziehen
Mit dem TROT-Roboter können Forscher evolutionäre Veränderungen von Vierbeinern vergleichen. Der Roboter ist Open Source und kann nachgebaut werden.

Qdrant, which develops an open-source vector search engine for production AI systems, raised a $50M Series B led by AVP (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/03/12/qdrant-closes-50m-series-b-to-expand-vector-search-infrastructure/

Say what you will but AI has the douchbag developer persona down pat.
https://crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-website/blog/posts/2026-02-11-gatekeeping-in-open-source-the-scott-shambaugh-story.html…

Anthropic raised a $30B Series G from GIC, Coatue, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Nvidia, and others at a $380B post-money valuation (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-30-billion-series-g-funding-380-billion-post-…

Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Suchmaschinen-Initiative will EU-Suche bauen
Die European Search Perspective will die EU-Staaten aus der Abhängigkeit von US-Unternehmen befreien.
https://www.heise.de/news/Suchmaschinen-In…

Crypto accounting startup Cryptio raised a $45M Series B led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global and reports having 450 clients, including Circle (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/12/cryptio-series-b-fundraise-b…

Exclusive: Accounting startup Cryptio raises $45 million to help big firms keep track of digital assets
BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global led the Series B fundraise, which closed three weeks ago.

Chicago-based restaurant software startup Chowbus raised an $81M Series E led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital; it focuses primarily on Asian restaurants (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/03/11/chowbus-series-e-asian-re…

Exclusive: Chowbus raises $81M Series E
Chowbus specializes in tools for Asian and immigrant-owned restaurants.

Documents and a source: a foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI's Jeffrey Epstein investigation in 2023; the FBI confirms a "cyber incident" (Raphael Satter/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/foreign-h

Exclusive: Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show
A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau’s New York Field Office three years ago, according to ​a source familiar with the matter and recently published Justice Department documents reviewed by Reuters.

Online DTC luxury brand Quince raised a $500M Series E led by Iconiq at a $10.1B valuation; it recently launched in Canada and its revenue topped $1B in 2025 (James Manso/WWD)
https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/quince-10-1-billion-v…

EXCLUSIVE: Quince Closes $500 Million Series E at $10.1 Billion Valuation
Quince reached a $10.1 billion valuation for its $500 million series E, following 2025 revenues of over $1 billion.

BackOps, which makes automation tools for supply chain operations, raised a $26M Series A led by Theory Ventures (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/supply-chain-deals/2026/03/12/backops-series-a-supply-chain-operations

Exclusive: BackOps raises $26M to automate supply chain operations
Increasing geopolitical risks are driving supply chain leaders to make their operations more flexible.