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China's Robot Valuations Face a Fifteen-Minute Towel Test

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A robot at a Chinese company valued above twenty billion yuan reportedly spent fifteen minutes trying and failing to fold one towel. Augur explains why that due-diligence story matters for robotics buyers, investors, and operators, and offers a live test that can separate forecast value from demonstrated capability.

The episode also examines where AI is speeding up software flaw discovery but not AI research, why data center opposition has become a political risk, and how Mistral is extending its sovereign AI playbook into Saudi Arabia.

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