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Refactored

Good Afternoon! Welcome to Friday’s edition of Refactored. Today we are covering another robotics startup and Tiktok’s viral filter.

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Main Thing ☕️

Figure unveils General purpose humanoid robots

What: This is the second time we're talking about humanoid robots in a week, and that should give you an idea about how quickly the tech is advancing!

Robotics startup Figure, unveiled 'The world's first commercially viable general purpose humanoid robot'.

The fully electric robot can carry 44 pounds and has battery life of 5 hours!

Figure isn’t the only company working on general purpose robots. Tesla believes their ‘humanoid robot’ will one day become larger than their car business!

Big Picture: The Robotics industry is projected to grow 80% annually, from $63 billion today to $8.4 trillion by 2030!

Question is, with this insight, which robotics company are you betting on to lead? Our guess is Amazon! The company is producing more than 1000 robots per day to automate its supply chain!

If you’re interested in Big ideas, read more from Ark (link)

Tech Roundup

TikTok’s Bold Glamor: AI brings it magic to TikTok's new viral face filter that’s so seamless that people can't tell if the filter is active or not!

Microsoft: Bing chatbot now lets you toggle between different tones for responses. There are three options for the AI-powered chatbot’s responses: creative, balanced, and precise.

Space Balloon: Want to go to space without being an astronaut or a billionaire? Japanese startup Iwaya Giken launched a balloon that'll take you on a 4 hour trip, rising 15 miles above the ground for $180,000.

Quick Bites

• 🔌 Tesla: Unlimited overnight home charging for $30 a month.

• 🚀 SpaceX: Four astronauts made their way to International Space Station above SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

• 🧠 Neuralink: US regulators denied Elon’s company to test brain implants in humans.