Daybreak — Indian robotic-toys maker Miko is running where Silicon Valley ones stumbled

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Indian robotic-toys maker Miko is running where Silicon Valley ones stumbled

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The consumer-robotics graveyard is littered with well-funded American startups. Moxie, Jibo, Anki—all raised millions, then collapsed under cloud costs and thin margins. Enter Miko, a Mumbai company selling AI companions to American kids. With Indian manufacturing cutting costs to one-fifth of US production and…

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