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🕶️ Emotional robots are here (and they're sweaty)

🕶️ Emotional robots are here (and they're sweaty)

A 19-year-old is teaching robots to feel joy—and stress.

Lucila Sarquis
May 27, 2025

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From robots that sweat to boxing androids and AI stock pickers, the future is flexing hard. Teddy Warner, 19, is giving machines emotional intelligence, while Tesla’s Cybertruck quietly flops on resale value. Digital nomads face red tape abroad, and Volkswagen’s diesel legacy lands execs in jail. Meanwhile, AI tools promise clarity—but only if you can keep up.

New video released! How much equity are founders keeping?

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Six bullets of updates

🚗 Tesla's Cybertruck trade-ins show 37–45% depreciation, highlighting challenges for early adopters.
🌍 Digital nomads are hit by rising costs, political red tape, and visa hurdles; only 20% report career gains in Europe.
📈 AI-powered Sterling Stock Picker launches $55.19 lifetime plan, offering an edge in market chaos.
🧠 Navigate the AI maze with TechCrunch’s glossary covering 20+ terms from AGI to hallucinations.
⚖️ Four ex-Volkswagen execs jailed over dieselgate scandal; EU diesel market share plunges from 50% to 10%.
🥊 Humanoid robots set for boxing debut in Hangzhou, backed by a $600M industry push.

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Robots have feelings now—thanks to a 19-year-old

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Teddy Warner, a 19-year-old robotics prodigy and Thiel Fellow, founded Intempus to give robots human-like emotional intelligence by integrating physiological signals like sweat, heart rate, and body temperature. Inspired by challenges he observed at AI lab Midjourney, Warner developed technology to retrofit existing robots with expressive kinetic movements that reflect internal emotional states, making them more predictable and intuitive for human interaction. After launching in late 2024, he spent months on R&D and has since secured seven enterprise partners, aiming to prove that robots can convey emotions like joy or stress through movement—potentially transforming how humans engage with machines. Read more.

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How Much Equity Are Founders Keeping

How much should you actually own of your startup? Most founders shed more equity than they realize by the time they hit Seed or Series A — and it could cost them millions down the line. In this video, we break down founder equity benchmarks, cap table traps, and why owning 5% of a unicorn might still beat 50% of a “meh” business

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Tech bros gone nuclear

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The surge in AI-driven computing has significantly increased electricity demand in the U.S., prompting major tech firms like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft to turn to nuclear fission for reliable, round-the-clock power. While nuclear fission has faced a long period of stagnation, it's experiencing a revival with the advent of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) — compact, scalable, and potentially more cost-effective than traditional reactors. Though no SMRs have yet been built in the U.S., Big Tech is already investing heavily in promising startups, anticipating these reactors will deliver the stable power needed for expanding data center operations.

Key startups include Kairos Power, backed by Google and developing reactors cooled by molten salt; Oklo, supported by Sam Altman and focused on reducing nuclear waste; Saltfoss, with a unique ship-based reactor model and investors like Bill Gates and Peter Thiel; TerraPower, founded by Gates, offering molten salt energy storage to boost reactor efficiency; and X-Energy, which has raised $700M from Amazon and others for its helium-cooled Xe-100 reactor. These ventures exemplify a growing convergence of tech and next-gen nuclear energy in pursuit of sustainable and scalable solutions for AI-era power demands.