General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to train physical AI foundation models using millions of hours of gaming data instead.
Agility Robotics' Digit humanoids are already on factory floors as researchers predict 40% of household chores will be automated within a decade.
Elroy Air agrees to $1 billion SPAC merger with Columbus Circle Capital to fund Chaparral cargo drone production.
NVIDIA released open-source Cosmos and GR00T models with 30+ global partners deploying physical AI systems across robotics and autonomous vehicles.
NVIDIA launches Cosmos 3, an open omnimodel enabling robots and autonomous vehicles to reason before acting, cutting training time from months to days.
Alex Kendall claims Wayve's end-to-end AI model beats Waymo's rule-based stack and predicts licensing deals will spread autonomous tech faster than robotaxis.
Meta's surprise acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence signals a major hardware pivot as the company aims to become the foundational platform.
Billions pour into humanoid robotics as AI breakthroughs push machines from factory floors to daily life, but questions remain about real-world value.
Google DeepMind and Sony AI both launched ping pong robots that defeat human players through real-time agentic AI systems that adapt tactics mid-match.
Honor's 'Lightning' robot ran 21.1 km in 50:26, beating human world record by 6+ minutes in China's robot marathon featuring 300 bots.
Japan's shrinking workforce drives urgent robot adoption in factories and logistics, transforming the country into the world's largest real-world testing.
