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Harper Court Ventures Launches with $25 Million Supporting University of Chicago Deep Tech Startups

Independently managed by MFV Partners, Fund I will back groundbreaking ventures emerging from the University of Chicago ecosystem. CHICAGO, IL – May 29, 2025 – MFV Partners, a leading deep technology venture capital firm, today announced the launch of Harper Court Ventures Fund I, a new $25 million early-stage fund dedicated to identifying, investing in, […]

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Robotics Re-born: Why AI Will Usher in a Third Generation of ‘Humanoid’ Robots in 2025

TESLA‘s unveiling of its Optimus robot in October was met with a rightful dose of skepticism, as many of the capabilities the robots demonstrated were found to be powered by human teleoperation rather than large language models (LLMs). However, despite the human assistance in this case, the scenes that were displayed aren’t that far away

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Jensen Was Right on Robotics, Wrong on Quantum Computing

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang made the biggest headlines at CES earlier this month with two strikingly different forecasts. He first noted that robotics is ready for its ChatGPT moment in 2025, based on the strength of humanoid robotics, which is becoming a ‘multitrillion-dollar’ opportunity. Secondly, he played down the immediate opportunity for quantum computing, saying “truly

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