BMW has begun deploying humanoid robot Figure 03 made by Figure AI at its Spartanburg factory in the US. A video showed a robot on the factory floor pulling a trolley and sorting components and returning to its station after completing its task. Earlier, Figure 02 helped assemble around 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles in a period of 10 months.

Mumbai-based asset servicing firm Dovetail Capital has raised ₹100 crore in a Series A funding round led by Elev8 Venture Partners. The company said the capital will be used to expand its global business. Founded in 2017, Dovetail provides fund administration, derivative clearing and compliance services, and currently services assets worth more than $4.5 billion.

StarlinePS Enterprises has invested ₹160 crore in Celloraa Energy to set up a 1.2 GW Domestic Content Requirement (DCR)-compliant solar cell manufacturing facility in Surat, Gujarat. The project aims to expand domestic solar cell production as India increases its renewable energy manufacturing capacity. The facility will manufacture solar cells that meet the government's DCR requirements.

Bengaluru-based supplement startup Supply6 has raised ₹48 crore in a funding round led by Unilever Ventures, with participation from Zeropearl VC and actor-investor Kriti Sanon. Founded by Vaibhav Bhandari and Rahul Saji Jacob, the company said it will use the capital for product development, hiring, market expansion and strengthening its supply chain and distribution channels.

PhysicsWallah is offering up to ₹15 lakh to new faculty for bringing high-performing students from rival institutes to its offline programmes. The programme, applicable to students enrolling in 2027 batches, offers payouts ranging from ₹2 lakh to ₹15 lakh depending on a student's eventual JEE or NEET rank. PhysicsWallah spokesperson said it has always rewarded faculty for bringing good students.

World's richest person Elon Musk recently posted on X that "Feminism and lack of children have killed the happiness of so many women." The remark went viral, drawing backlash from social media users. An X user responded, "Imagine feeling qualified to speak for women and their happiness when you've no friends, no...joy, no intimacy, and no human connections in...50s."

Singapore-based startup Acti has launched an agentic keyboard for smartphones, which lets users build custom AI shortcuts using natural language. The keyboard can take actions on users' behalf without having to switch between multiple apps to seek an AI agent's response. The keyboard can find links, documents, and enable users to create shortcuts to automate tasks like translating messages.

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) extended the shutdown of its key online services by 24 hours until 11.59 pm on July 1 due to ongoing system migration. Affected services include claim submission and processing, ECR filing, UAN linking for new employees and e-passbook access. The outage began on June 26 and was scheduled to end on July 1.

Google-backed robotics startup Apptronik unveiled a new robot training facility in Austin on Tuesday. The nearly 90,000-square-foot facility, 'Robot Park', houses fleets of humanoid robots performing logistics, manufacturing and retail tasks to generate training data for AI models. The firm also introduced Apollo 2, its latest humanoid robot, available in both bipedal and wheeled configurations.

India's gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 13.9% year-on-year to ₹1.95 lakh crore in June, government data showed. The GST collection was higher than the ₹1.94 lakh crore collected in May. The gross GST revenue from domestic transactions in June increased 6.5% year-on-year to ₹1.35 lakh crore as revenue from imports rose 34.6% year-on-year to ₹60,038 crore.