China’s Psibot hits a $1.48bn valuation betting on ‘world models’
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A $1.48B valuation for Psibot on “world models” is a clear capital bet that embodied AI is nearing its GPT-2 moment. If you operate in logistics, manufacturing, or home robotics, start mapping where richer world models could collapse integration time between simulation and real-world deployment.
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