Prismax ($PRX)

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Summary

zero creator stake robotics data platform

Analysis

Prismax ($PRX) presents an ambitious vision to address key challenges in physical AI and robotics through decentralized data protocols and teleoperation standards. While the project boasts strong institutional backing (a16z, Stanford Blockchain Accelerator) and experienced founders, critical red flags emerge: 1. Creator holds 0% of token supply, violating fundamental incentive alignment principles for serious projects 2. No clear utility mechanism for the native token beyond vague 'incentivization' 3. Combines two complex domains (robotics + blockchain) without clear technical integration roadmap 4. Tokenomics lack transparency regarding future allocations/emissions 5. No working product demonstrated despite $11M raise While the problem space is valid and VC interest lends credibility, the complete lack of creator skin-in-game and undefined token utility make this a high-risk proposition.

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# Prismax ($PRX) URL on launchpad: https://app.virtuals.io/prototypes/0x6915bde82A6F4e139CC92De806E87D44C3de4156 Launched at: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:02:51 GMT Launched through the launchpad: Virtuals Protocol Launch status: UNDERGRAD ## Token details and tokenomics Token address: 0x6915bde82A6F4e139CC92De806E87D44C3de4156 Top holders: https://basescan.org/token/0x6915bde82A6F4e139CC92De806E87D44C3de4156#balances Liquidity contract: https://basescan.org/address/0x2ce91f831a92E1eE571933D2d97DCd4B79eDBB91#asset-tokens Token symbol: $PRX Token supply: 1 billion Creator initial number of tokens: Creator initial number of tokens: 0 (0% of token supply) ## Creator info Creator address: 0x4bf68E16BB6Ff2c691582FBe4ACB7aA986AA087a Creator on basescan.org: https://basescan.org/address/0x4bf68E16BB6Ff2c691582FBe4ACB7aA986AA087a#asset-tokens Creator on virtuals.io: https://app.virtuals.io/profile/0x4bf68E16BB6Ff2c691582FBe4ACB7aA986AA087a Creator on zerion.io: https://app.zerion.io/0x4bf68E16BB6Ff2c691582FBe4ACB7aA986AA087a/overview Creator on debank.com: https://debank.com/profile/0x4bf68E16BB6Ff2c691582FBe4ACB7aA986AA087a ## Description at launch PrismaX is a robotics platform designed to address the primary challenges of the physical AI and robotics industry: data, models, and scaling. Combining access to human capital with proprietary data standardization, PrismaX is the platform built to discover the unrealized use cases and utilities of autonomous robotics. ## Overview **San Francisco, June 18th** - PrismaX, a robotics intelligence platform startup, launched today with the completion of an $11 million raise led by an industry leader a16z CSX, with participation from the Stanford Blockchain accelerator Builder Fund, Symbolic, Volt Capital, Virtuals Protocol, and other angel investors. The completion of this funding round coincided with PrismaX’s official launch at a16z’s [CSX Demo Day](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-04-cohort-in-san-francisco/) on June 3rd.   PrismaX was founded by Bayley Wang and Chyna Qu, bringing together a depth of experience in both robotics and decentralized technologies. They founded PrismaX to build and scale foundational models to power breakthrough advances in physical generative AI.  <img height="3009" width="5760" alt="press release" src="https://blog.prismax.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/press%20release.jpg?width=5760&height=3009&name=press%20release.jpg" />Despite [steady inflows from venture capital](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/), the physical AI and robotics industry has been unable to create an incentive structure that yields high-quality and affordable data. To address this,  PrismaX is developing a first-of-its-kind standard for fair use in the industry, one where the data that powers models generates revenue, which is then returned to the communities that create the data.  *“Scalability of visual datasets is hindering breakthrough advancements in robotics. That is why we are creating the ecosystem that will produce* a dataset of diverse scenarios, highly generalizable compared to centralized data, which benefits from improved scalability and reduces data collection bias*,”* **said Bayley Wang, co-founder and CEO at PrismaX.** *“Through our decentralized incentive structure, PrismaX will create the path towards fully autonomous robots. Our platform will allow people to work with AI rather than be replaced by it. As the industry advances, it is important to remember that human capital is required to build the models necessary to continue scaling.”* *"We were constantly impressed with Bayley's deep insight into robotics and the specific heterogeneous visual data necessary to accurately model physical space,"* **said Gil Rosen, Managing Partner at Blockchain Builders Fund.** *"Coupled with Chyna's extensive blockchain expertise in leveraging crypto incentives to reliably crowdsource disparate data, Prismax is uniquely positioned to build base layers for visual models. Our investment in PrismaX exemplifies our thesis on the extensive value blockchain technologies bring to the evolution of AI."* *"PrismaX is tackling a foundational gap in physical AI: access to high-quality visual datasets that are both affordable and scalable,”* **said Soona Amhaz, Managing Partner at Volt Capital.** *“As autonomy moves into the real world, it's clear current infrastructure falls short. Bayley and Chyna are exactly the kind of founders we back at Volt—visionaries building the rails for the next wave of intelligent systems."* **Introducing the PrismaX platform** PrismaX focuses on the following three pillars of the robotics industry:  * **Data**: Building the protocols and mechanisms to validate and incentivize large-scale visual data, allowing robotics datasets to scale to the same heights as text data and enabling previously unattainable levels of accuracy and reliability. * **Teleoperation**: Defining a uniform standard for teleoperation, providing turnkey access to operators, payments, and software so robotics companies can focus on the things that make them different. * **Models**: Through collaboration with leading AI teams, build models to power increasingly autonomous robots, amplifying the impact of PrismaX’s network by allowing operators to replace multiple physical workers, all while increasing the quality and quantity of the data collected. These pillars create a flywheel effect where large-scale data builds better foundation models, in turn boosting teleoperation efficiency, which then fuels more real-world data collection, thereby completing the data loop. Physical AI and robotics firms are currently sinking time and money into efforts to scale teleoperations teams with little breakthrough advances. By developing a platform with robust teleoperations standards, PrismaX will enable AI companies to scale quickly and reduce the costly redundancies occurring as a result of data being gathered in silos across the industry.  **PrismaX’s forward-looking plans** Humanoid robots are largely stuck in the lab, but PrismaX believes that conceptually, they can do much more. They could be used for tasks such as folding laundry, assembling fast food orders, or administering drugs in hospitals. This future-focused mindset guides PrismaX in its work to tap into this unrealized potential. Funds from this raise will be used to build out PrismaX’s fleet, hone its teleoperations standards, and expand its data collection portal, giving robotics firms access to a community of teleoperators that can help them scale their visual datasets and build smarter machines faster. In the short term, PrismaX is looking to attract AI enthusiasts drawn to novel data collection challenges and their potential impact. These participants will be rewarded for their contributions, and form the foundational models invaluable to robotics firms seeking data for training runs.  By combining these supply and demand-side partners, PrismaX will build the bridge between robotics and mainstream adoption. **###** **About PrismaX** PrismaX is a robotics platform designed to address the primary challenges of the physical AI and robotics industry: data, models, and scaling. Combining access to human capital with proprietary data standardization, PrismaX is the platform built to discover the unrealized use cases and utilities of autonomous robotics. ## Additional information extracted from relevant pages <fetched_info> """ https://blog.prismax.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/press%20release.jpg?width=5760&height=3009&name=press%20release.jpg Skipped image/binary URL (https://blog.prismax.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/press%20release.jpg?width=5760&height=3009&name=press%20release.jpg) - likely not text content """ """ [Creator profile on Virtuals Protocol](https://api.virtuals.io/api/profile/0x4bf68E16BB6Ff2c691582FBe4ACB7aA986AA087a) { "data": { "id": 415239, "displayName": null, "bio": null, "avatar": null, "userSocials": [ { "id": 469279, "provider": "metamask", "walletAddress": "0x4bf68E16BB6Ff2c691582FBe4ACB7aA986AA087a", "metadata": null } ], "socials": null } } """ """ https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/ [![Crunchbase News](<Base64-Image-Removed>)](https://news.crunchbase.com/) - [Unicorn Board](https://news.crunchbase.com/unicorn-company-list/) - [Tech Layoffs Tracker](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs/) - [Billion-Dollar Exits](https://news.crunchbase.com/company-ipo-exits-list/) - [Largest Funding Deals Tracker](https://news.crunchbase.com/biggest-us-vc-startup-funding-deals-2023/) - [Web3 Tracker](https://news.crunchbase.com/web3-startups-investors/) - [Venture funding reports](https://news.crunchbase.com/sections/data/) - [Q1 2023](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/#) - [Q1 2023 Global](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-vc-funding-falls-q1-2023/) - [Q1 2023 North America](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/n-america-startup-funding-weakens-q1-2023/) - [Q1 2023 Europe](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/europe-vc-funding-drops-q1-2023/) - [Q1 2023 Latin America](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/latin-america-vc-funding-q1-2023/) - [Q1 2023 Asia](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/asia-venture-funding-drops-q1-2023/) - [2022](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/#) - [2022 Global](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/global-vc-funding-slide-q4-2022/) - [2022 North America](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/north-american-startup-funding-q4-2022/) - [2022 Europe](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/europe-venture-funding-falls-q4-2022/) - [2022 Latin America](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/latin-america-venture-funding-slows-q4-2022/) - [2022 Asia](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/asia-venture-funding-falls-q4-2022/) ![Clean tech - Robot sorting recycling. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Clean_Tech-1.jpg) ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c00b54979f0032d7c6adb28d17432cf3234261c6a612f2bff95902c774b3c75?s=112&d=mm&r=g)[Chris Metinko](https://news.crunchbase.com/author/chris-metinko/) 14Shares - [Email](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/#) - [Facebook](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/#) - [Twitter](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/#) - [LinkedIn](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/#) Perhaps the robots will take over — but not just any robots. Robot brain developer [Physical Intelligence](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/physical-intelligence-834b)’s massive [$400 million raise](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/robot-brain-startup-unicorn-physical-intelligence-bezos/) at a $2 billion valuation last week highlighted several trends in robotic startup investment. For one, investors seem to be backing startups developing versatile robots capable of doing more than just a simple task or two. And many of the startups getting big funding share a common investor: [Amazon](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/amazon) founder [Jeff Bezos](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeff-bezos). Overall, the robotics sector has had a [good venture funding year](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/humanoid-startup-venture-ai-2024-figure/). Robotics startups have raised $6.4 billion so far in 2024 — a pace that would put funding at nearly $7.5 billion for the entire year and ahead of the $6.9 billion raised in 2023, according to Crunchbase [data](https://www.crunchbase.com/lists/robotics-funding/86329e91-cbc2-4b54-a164-b6e41d959a83/funding_rounds). Those numbers pale in comparison to the $14.7 billion raised in 2021 but nonetheless show a pretty robust sector that is still attracting investors and their cash. Funding To VC-Backed Robotics Startups - Infogram ## Money for more flexible robots However, one notable difference between this year’s numbers and last is the number of rounds. There have been only 473 rounds raised this year, a sharp downturn from the 671 last year. One of the things that helped boost the dollar total has been the size of the two largest rounds this year: the $400 million for Physical Intelligence and $675 million for [Figure](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/figure-b5dc) early in the year. Both of those rounds were larger than last year’s top robotics round, a $330 million Series F for San Francisco-based drone developer [Zipline](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zipline-international). Physical Intelligence plans to use its latest cash injection to improve how robots operate and create foundational software that could be used on a variety of robot models. Meanwhile, Sunnyvale, California-based Figure, which is developing AI-enhanced robots that it hopes will be able to perform dangerous jobs and alleviate labor shortages, raised a $675 million round at a pre-money valuation of roughly $2 billion in February. Those rounds also seem to highlight a common trend in the startup robotics scene right now — using AI to create robots that can do more than just pack up boxes in a warehouse. That’s a far cry from a robotics arm in a warehouse taking things off a shelf, and those two startups are not the only ones raising big rounds to try to expand the occupational skills of robots. In July, Pittsburgh-based [Skild AI](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/skild-ai) — also developing brain models that can be used in a variety of robots and for different tasks — raised a $300 million Series A. The funding valued the company at $1.5 billion. In April, Santa Clara, California-based [Collaborative Robotics](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/collaborative-robotics) locked up a [$100 million Series B](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/startup-collaborative-raise-general-catalyst/). The startup creates what it calls “practical collaborative robots” — or “cobots,” for short — to work alongside humans in sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, retail and more. ## A big-named investor Using AI to create robots and/or software brains to allow our mechanical friends to partake in a variety of jobs isn’t the only thing some of these large rounds have in common. Some also share a common investor who knows all too well what robots can do in a warehouse. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — either individually or through his [Bezos Expeditions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bezos-expeditions) investment firm — has been investing heavily in these trends.Bezos co-led the round for Physical Intelligence and Bezos Expeditions co-led the round for Skild AI and participated in Figure’s round. In addition, Bezos was an investor in [Vicarious](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vicarious-systems-inc) — an AI startup that uses the computational principles of the brain to develop general intelligence for robots — before it was acquired by [Intrinsic](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/intrinsic-97a0) in 2022. Per Crunchbase [data](https://www.crunchbase.com/lists/bezos-expeditions-robotics-investments/531c8519-bf2e-4a88-95b6-fd653e5883cc/funding_rounds), Bezos Expeditions also has invested in Switzerland-based artificial intelligence-driven wheeled-legged robot [Swiss-Mile](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/swiss-mile) and Boston-based industrial robot maker [Rethink Robotics](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rethink-robotics). It seems safe to assume that list will grow. ## Related Crunchbase Pro list: - [Robotics Funding](https://www.crunchbase.com/lists/robotics-funding/86329e91-cbc2-4b54-a164-b6e41d959a83/funding_rounds) - [Bezos Expeditions’ Robotics Investments](https://www.crunchbase.com/lists/bezos-expeditions-robotics-investments/531c8519-bf2e-4a88-95b6-fd653e5883cc/funding_rounds) ## Related reading: - [Collaborative Robotics Locks Up $100M, Latest Robot Startup To Raise Big](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/startup-collaborative-raise-general-catalyst/) - [Robotics Startups On The Rise In 2024](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/humanoid-startup-venture-ai-2024-figure/) - [Robot Brain Startup Physical Intelligence Raises $400M At $2B Valuation](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/robot-brain-startup-unicorn-physical-intelligence-bezos/) _Illustration: [Dom Guzman](https://www.domguzman.com/)_ ![](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/Clean_Tech-1.jpg) Stay up to date with recent funding rounds, acquisitions, and more with the Crunchbase Daily. #### You may also like [![](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/caution-markus-spiske-VO5w2Ida70s-unsplash-470x352.jpg)](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/strategic-warrants-become-roadblocks-sagie/ "When Strategic Warrants Become Strategic Roadblocks") [M&A](https://news.crunchbase.com/sections/ma/)• [Startups](https://news.crunchbase.com/sections/startups/) ## [When Strategic Warrants Become Strategic Roadblocks](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/strategic-warrants-become-roadblocks-sagie/) [Itay Sagie](https://news.crunchbase.com/author/itay-sagie/) June 18, 2025 Startup adviser Itay Sagie offers three key lessons for founders on how to structure fair yet founder-friendly strategic partnership agreements that... 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However, we left out one area where funding activity was so voluminous... Copy link [CopyCopied](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/#) """ """ https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-04-cohort-in-san-francisco/ 3.31.25 Our fourth [Crypto Startup Accelerator](https://a16zcrypto.com/accelerator/) program (CSX 04) is starting this week in San Francisco, and I’m excited to announce the new cohort. CSX helps early-stage startups building on blockchain technologies to accelerate development and product-market fit. It is an intensive program that provides the expertise, mentorship, and support that startups need to build ambitious products across industries. Over the next two months, the founders of these companies will get firsthand guidance and support from a16z crypto’s investing and operating teams. We connect founders with capital, industry experts across the a16z network, and a cohort of leading web3 teams. a16z CSX also invests a minimum of $500,000 in each company that’s accepted. The founders in CSX 04 are coming to San Francisco from countries around the world: Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and across the US. Here are the companies participating in CSX 04: - [Ambient](https://ambient.xyz/): building a blockchain that integrates large language models for verifiable, censorship-resistant AI capabilities - Bob: an on-chain information engine that enables you to search, monitor, and aggregate blockchain activity in real-time - [Cambrian](https://www.cambrian.org/): provides verifiable data for AI agents engaging in DeFi - [Glider](https://glider.fi/): a DeFi execution engine for automated portfolio trading - [Inco Network](https://www.inco.org/): enables confidential compute to existing blockchains - [KYD Labs](https://www.kydlabs.com/): building a fully integrated commerce layer designed for live events - [Launcher Capital](https://launcher.capital/): building the next generation of AI agents through gamification and blockchain technology - [Mahojin](https://www.mahojin.ai/): a search-to-generate AI platform that provides exact images through a remixable library - [Miden](https://miden.xyz/): building the edge blockchain to help applications scale with public and private transactions - [Oncade](https://www.oncade.xyz/): a platform for game developers to sell directly to players, enable community distribution, and scale revenue - [ORO](https://www.getoro.xyz/): a decentralized intelligence platform unlocking private data for frontier AI - [PrismaX](https://prismax.ai/): building the bridge between robotics and mainstream adoption - [Rumi](https://rumilabs.io/): building a decentralized watch-to-earn network that transforms passive content into interactive experiences - [Toji](https://www.clipjuice.so/): makes onchain popularity markets for videos - [ZAR](http://zar.app/): building a decentralized cash-to-stablecoin platform for emerging markets Some companies that have been accepted are currently in stealth, and will be named soon. We may also add more companies to the cohort; if so, I’ll update this post to include them. Congratulations to each of our CSX 04 companies. I can’t wait to kick things off with them this week. \\*\\*\\* _The views expressed here are those of the individual AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (“a16z”) personnel quoted and are not the views of a16z or its affiliates. Certain information contained in here has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by a16z. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, a16z has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the current or enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation. 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The completion of this funding round coincided with PrismaX’s official launch at a16z’s [CSX Demo Day](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-04-cohort-in-san-francisco/) on June 3rd.  \n\nPrismaX was founded by Bayley Wang and Chyna Qu, bringing together a depth of experience in both robotics and decentralized technologies. They founded PrismaX to build and scale foundational models to power breakthrough advances in physical generative AI. \n\n<img height=\"3009\" width=\"5760\" alt=\"press release\" src=\"https://blog.prismax.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/press%20release.jpg?width=5760&height=3009&name=press%20release.jpg\" />Despite [steady inflows from venture capital](https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/2024-funding-robust-ai-bezos/), the physical AI and robotics industry has been unable to create an incentive structure that yields high-quality and affordable data. To address this,  PrismaX is developing a first-of-its-kind standard for fair use in the industry, one where the data that powers models generates revenue, which is then returned to the communities that create the data. \n\n*“Scalability of visual datasets is hindering breakthrough advancements in robotics. That is why we are creating the ecosystem that will produce* a dataset of diverse scenarios, highly generalizable compared to centralized data, which benefits from improved scalability and reduces data collection bias*,”* **said Bayley Wang, co-founder and CEO at PrismaX.** *“Through our decentralized incentive structure, PrismaX will create the path towards fully autonomous robots. Our platform will allow people to work with AI rather than be replaced by it. As the industry advances, it is important to remember that human capital is required to build the models necessary to continue scaling.”*\n\n*\"We were constantly impressed with Bayley's deep insight into robotics and the specific heterogeneous visual data necessary to accurately model physical space,\"* **said Gil Rosen, Managing Partner at Blockchain Builders Fund.** *\"Coupled with Chyna's extensive blockchain expertise in leveraging crypto incentives to reliably crowdsource disparate data, Prismax is uniquely positioned to build base layers for visual models. Our investment in PrismaX exemplifies our thesis on the extensive value blockchain technologies bring to the evolution of AI.\"*\n\n*\"PrismaX is tackling a foundational gap in physical AI: access to high-quality visual datasets that are both affordable and scalable,”* **said Soona Amhaz, Managing Partner at Volt Capital.** *“As autonomy moves into the real world, it's clear current infrastructure falls short. Bayley and Chyna are exactly the kind of founders we back at Volt—visionaries building the rails for the next wave of intelligent systems.\"*\n\n**Introducing the PrismaX platform**\n\nPrismaX focuses on the following three pillars of the robotics industry: \n\n* **Data**: Building the protocols and mechanisms to validate and incentivize large-scale visual data, allowing robotics datasets to scale to the same heights as text data and enabling previously unattainable levels of accuracy and reliability.\n* **Teleoperation**: Defining a uniform standard for teleoperation, providing turnkey access to operators, payments, and software so robotics companies can focus on the things that make them different.\n* **Models**: Through collaboration with leading AI teams, build models to power increasingly autonomous robots, amplifying the impact of PrismaX’s network by allowing operators to replace multiple physical workers, all while increasing the quality and quantity of the data collected.\n\nThese pillars create a flywheel effect where large-scale data builds better foundation models, in turn boosting teleoperation efficiency, which then fuels more real-world data collection, thereby completing the data loop.\n\nPhysical AI and robotics firms are currently sinking time and money into efforts to scale teleoperations teams with little breakthrough advances. By developing a platform with robust teleoperations standards, PrismaX will enable AI companies to scale quickly and reduce the costly redundancies occurring as a result of data being gathered in silos across the industry. \n\n**PrismaX’s forward-looking plans**\n\nHumanoid robots are largely stuck in the lab, but PrismaX believes that conceptually, they can do much more. They could be used for tasks such as folding laundry, assembling fast food orders, or administering drugs in hospitals. This future-focused mindset guides PrismaX in its work to tap into this unrealized potential.\n\nFunds from this raise will be used to build out PrismaX’s fleet, hone its teleoperations standards, and expand its data collection portal, giving robotics firms access to a community of teleoperators that can help them scale their visual datasets and build smarter machines faster.\n\nIn the short term, PrismaX is looking to attract AI enthusiasts drawn to novel data collection challenges and their potential impact. These participants will be rewarded for their contributions, and form the foundational models invaluable to robotics firms seeking data for training runs. \n\nBy combining these supply and demand-side partners, PrismaX will build the bridge between robotics and mainstream adoption.\n\n**###**\n\n**About PrismaX**\n\nPrismaX is a robotics platform designed to address the primary challenges of the physical AI and robotics industry: data, models, and scaling. 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