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December 18, 2025

Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains

  • The commercial boom in AI has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build human-like robots.
    • By MATT O'BRIEN
    AP Technology Writer

    AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez [enlarge]
    A man records a humanoid robot at the Humanoids Summit on Thursday.

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.


     
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