Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

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Genesis AI releases GENE-26.5, its first model controlling in-house designed robotic hands for tasks like cooking, marking the startup's shift to full-stack robotics.

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<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/khosla-backed-robotics-startup-genesis-ai-has-gone-full-stack-demo-shows/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260507/i20.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260507/p20#a260507p20" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Anna Heim / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/khosla-backed-robotics-startup-genesis-ai-has-gone-full-stack-demo-shows/">Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model &hellip; </p>

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