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Human Archive is paying India’s gig workers to wear camera-equipped caps and sensors to collect real-world data for training robots, backed by $8.2M in funding and deployment of 1,000+ headsets, amid ongoing privacy/regulatory scrutiny in India.

Moonshot AI raises $2B at a $20B valuation amid a surge in demand for open-weight/open-source AI in China, with $3.9B raised in the last six months and ARR topping $200M, signaling strong investor appetite but accompanied by significant geopolitical and regulatory risk.

Indian on-demand home services startup Pronto lands $20M from Lachy Groom in a 20-minute meeting, valuing Pronto at $200M post-money after extending its Series B.