Swiss startup wants to buy Boston Dynamics

Demiurge Technologies AG, a Swiss startup that works on artificial intelligence, says it's interested in acquiring Boston Dynamics, the Waltham robot maker put on the auction block last week by Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google. "We are pursuing an acquisition of Boston Dynamics to develop a new Robot Operating System (ROS) based on Demiurge's next generation of deep neural networks exclusively for physical mobile robots," said a statement issued by Demiurge. Little more is known about Demiurge. According to information on the company's website, it was launched last May with 9.5 million in angel and venture funding. Investors include Vantone Holdings and Hongdao Capital.