Need AI friend? Companion startups are a click awayAccording to a report from IT industry body Nasscom, the global AI companion market is estimated to have touched $28 billion in size this y...
07 Oct, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Billie Eilish unveils Young Miko, Tom Odell as star lineup tour openers for ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ runBillie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour will have Tom Odell, Young Miko, Men I Trust, and Lucy Dacus as opening acts. The tour already br...
25 Sep, 2025, 12.20 AM IST
Who is Alexandra Eala, the teen Rafael Nadal academy graduate and first Filipino to win a Grand Slam match in the open era?Alexandra Eala made history at the US Open. She is the first tennis player from Philippines to win a Grand Slam match in the Open era. Eala...
25 Aug, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
India’s deep tech startups filed more than 900 patents since 2008: Nasscom reportSurvey of more than 360 Indian deep tech startups showed 580 patents were filed in AI, 130 in IoT and 120 in neurotechnology, Nasscom said ...
28 Apr, 2024, 12.10 AM IST
When Miko Robot employees stayed in an Airbnb for 90 days to make 50,000 unitsThe CEO of the company that makes AI-based companion robots, Sneh Vaswani, explains that entrepreneurs have to adapt to the situation and o...
10 Apr, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
'The Interview' actor Randall Park's directorial debut 'Shortcomings' premieres at Sundance Film Festival, receives rave reviews"Shortcomings," based on Adrian Tomine's graphic novel, is finally coming to the big screen after a delay of 15 years. Randall Park, who wa...
05 Aug, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
Genshin Impact 3.7 Update: Release date, characters banners, key detailsGenshin Impact's 3.7 update is out with new banners and events. Yoimiya and Yae Miko are featured in reruns, and Kirara is introduced as a ...
24 May, 2023, 07.59 PM IST
Indian robotics company Miko partners Gaana to bring robots with musicThis is Miko’s first music streaming collaboration. The service will be default integration for all premium subscribers under the company’s...
02 Jun, 2021, 07.06 PM IST
Miko robotics gets Rs 50 crore funding from IvyCap Ventures, othersThe robotics startup will use the funding from investors IvyCap Ventures, Chiratae Ventures and YourNest Capital for product development an...
14 Apr, 2021, 07.04 PM IST
Miko launches Hindi speaking robots“With the growing awareness on the importance of wholistic parenting, people are now more conscious and recognize the gravity of this topic...
14 Nov, 2020, 12.14 AM IST
Stride Ventures leads $2M debt round in Sugar CosmeticsThis is Stride Ventures' tenth investment from its maiden fund that was launched in 2019.
22 Oct, 2020, 09.10 AM IST
Robot maker Miko raises Rs 23 crore in pre-series B led by Stride VenturesAfter Miko's US expansion earlier last year, it has scaled its user base in more than 90 countries, it said. The company also said it had s...
13 Oct, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Miko expects to expand sales of its emotive robots in USEarlier this year, Miko (a Mumbai-based startup that makes emotive robots) had raised a Rs 53 crore Series A round of funding led by Chirat...
30 Oct, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
Robot maker Miko raises 53 cr in Series A investmentThe company will use the fresh round of funding for market expansion in North America, UK and the Middle East.
13 Aug, 2019, 07.40 PM IST
Emotix raises $2m from IDG Ventures India, YourNestThe funds will be used for new product development and research in the area of consumer robotics focussed on emotional and artificial intel...
25 Apr, 2018, 08.40 AM IST
A robot as a child's companion? Emotix's Miko takes baby stepsPaired with a phone, this versatile bot can hold conversations with children, do fun things like tell stories or sing songs and answer gene...
01 Dec, 2017, 04.24 PM IST
Robots are changing not just the way we work but parenting as well; here's a glance at what the future holdsAs we shape machines based on human patterns, the distinction between physical, digital and biological is getting blurred.
09 May, 2017, 06.50 PM IST