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Overworld founder pivots from chatbots to world models in AI
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (391+ words) After eight years in large language model research, Louis Castricato is betting that AI's next frontier lives in real-time physical simulations, not text generation Louis Castricato spent the better part of a decade working on the kind of AI that…...
Agility Robotics to go public in $2. 5 B SPAC deal backed by Foxconn and Michael Klein
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (358+ words) The humanoid robot maker behind Amazon's warehouse bots is heading to public markets with over $600 million in expected proceeds Agility Robotics, the Oregon-based company building humanoid robots for warehouse and logistics work, is merging with Churchill Capital Corp XI to…...
Agility Robotics to go public in $2. 5 B SPAC deal with Churchill Capital
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (455+ words) The humanoid robotics company plans to merge with Churchill Capital Corp XI, generating over $600 million in gross proceeds as demand for industrial automation accelerates Agility Robotics, the Oregon-based company behind the Digit humanoid robot, is heading to public markets through…...
Morgan Stanley doubles China humanoid robot shipment forecast to 50, 000 units
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (423+ words) The bank now expects China to ship 446, 000 humanoid robots annually by 2030, creating a $15 billion market with a 106% compound annual growth rate Morgan Stanley just doubled its 2026 forecast for humanoid robot shipments in China, bumping the number from 28, 000 units to 50, 000. That's…...
US Commerce Secretary Lutnick signals action on Chinese robotics dominance
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (315+ words) With China controlling a commanding share of the global robotics market, Washington is moving to rebuild domestic manufacturing capacity before the gap grows wider. The United States is preparing to confront one of the more quietly consequential technology gaps of…...
Researchers from UC Berkeley, Nvidia, and Stanford unveil T-Rex framework for robots to respond to physical contact in real time
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (438+ words) The new system combines vision, language, and high-frequency tactile sensing to give robots a sense of touch that actually works Teaching a robot to see is hard. Teaching it to talk is harder. Teaching it to feel things, and then…...
i Robot co-founder Colin Angle reflects on Roomba's role in launching the robot revolution
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (471+ words) The man behind the world's most famous robot vacuum traces its journey from MIT lab project to 50 million units sold, and explains what comes next for consumer robotics Colin Angle spent 15 years trying to make robots people would actually buy....
Micro AGI sends free cleaning staff to NYC apartments for AI training
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (389+ words) A German startup is offering free apartment cleanings in New York City, but the real product is the first-person video footage captured by head-mounted cameras on every cleaner. That footage, once anonymized to strip out identifiable information, becomes training data…...
Japan targets $2. 3 trillion in AI, chips, and space investment by 2040
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (337+ words) The growth strategy spans 17 sectors and aims to quintuple domestic semiconductor sales within 15 years Japan just put a number on its tech ambitions, and it's a big one. The country's government growth strategy council has outlined a target of approximately…...
Go plans robotaxis and acquisitions after "88. 6 B IPO in Japan
1+ week, 24+ min ago (391+ words) Japan's biggest listing of the year raised $553 million for the taxi-hailing giant, with 70% of shares snapped up by foreign investors Go Inc. , the company behind Japan's dominant taxi-hailing app, just pulled off the country's largest IPO of 2026. The Tokyo Stock…...