Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity; Meta buys robotics startup

About this episode

Musely secures significant funding while Meta acquires a robotics startup to enhance its AI capabilities.

The direct-to-consumer skin, hair, and and menopause care brand Musely will use the non-dilutive capital to super-charge customer acquisition. Also, Meta bought humanoid startup Assured Robot Intelligence to beef up its AI models for robots, the company said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• funding
• technology
• robotics
• AI
• direct-to-consumer
• customer acquisition

Keywords

• Musely
• General Catalyst
• Meta
• Assured Robot Intelligence
• funding
• robotics
• AI
• customer acquisition

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Organizations: Musely, General Catalyst, Meta, Assured Robot Intelligence

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