Industrial automation startup Path Robotics raises $300M in funding (opens siliconangle.com)
Path automates industrial welding; Georgian led, joined by a consortium including Yamaha Motor's venture arm.
From r/Entrepreneur: Worked on an AI product where the co-founder pulled the plug because token costs and API changes kept shifting the unit economics every month. Now reading that enterprise AI runs $9-19M/year with no proven ROI. Anyone here actually showing positive unit economics on an AI product after 12+ months?
Path automates industrial welding; Georgian led, joined by a consortium including Yamaha Motor's venture arm.
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