AMP Robotics, which creates robotics systems that use AI to sort recyclable materials, raised a $91M Series C, bringing its total raised to $165.5M (Brianna Wessling/The Robot Report)

Brianna Wessling / The Robot Report:
ISEE, which develops tech to turn the most common logistics yard trucks into autonomous vehicles, has raised a $40M Series B led by Founders Fund  —  ISEE, the Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of self-driving yard truck solutions, announced that it raised $40 million in Series B funding.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Ambi Robotics, which is developing AI-powered robots for warehouses, raised $32M led by Tiger Global and Bow Capital, bringing its total funding to $67M  —  Ambi Robotics, a startup developing supply chain automation hardware, today announced that it raised $32 million in additional funding led …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Mem, a work-focused app that uses AI to organize notes, raised $23.5M led by the OpenAI Startup Fund at a $110M valuation, bringing its total funding to $29M  —  Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft …

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon pauses hiring for roles in its corporate workforce after announcing last month that it would freeze hiring for corporate roles in its retail business  —  KEY POINTS  — Amazon is pausing hiring for roles in its corporate workforce, the company announced in a memo to staff Thursday.

Kathryn Tewson / Techdirt:
Hands-on with DoNotPay, a service claiming to be the first robot lawyer: slow, drafted a terrible defamation demand letter, missed legal issues, and more  —  Note: This post is an adaptation of what started initially as a Twitter thread.  —  I’ve been going pretty hard on DoNotPay …

Meagan Simpson / BetaKit:
Ontario-based Avidbots, which makes autonomous floor cleaning robots for commercial settings, raised a $70M Series C, bringing its total funding to $107M  —  Kitchener-Waterloo startup Avidbots has secured $70 million USD in a Series C funding round to expand its fleet of floor scrubbing robots.