Provision Labs Acquires Basilisk Industries to Expand Physical AI Hardware Development
Provision Labs, a physical AI startup founded by Anjali Sardana of Pronto, has acquired Mumbai-based hardware startup Basilisk Industries. Basilisk's founder, Shourya Watwani, will lead hardware development and work on post-processing models. The team has developed a 3D hand-tracking model, redesigned perception hardware, and created a tactile glove prototype. Provision Labs is expanding its research and engineering teams across San Francisco, Toronto, and Bengaluru, focusing on computer vision, tactile data, and environment reconstruction. Financial details of the acquisition remain undisclosed.
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