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Amazon and Walmart Shift Retail Costs to Suppliers
Retail giants Amazon and Walmart are making efficiency gains that shift costs to suppliers and brands.
Pymnts · 1m
AI's limits in robotics and a flood-fighting rubber dam
Researchers doubt AI breakthroughs will soon enable humanoid robots, while a startup tackles rising seas with portable barriers.
MIT Technology Review · 2m
Amap and Sands China Deploy Tutu Robot Dogs
Tutu robot dogs guide visitors at Sands Macau resorts.
AI Insider · 1m
SF real estate firm bets on robotics
Cannae Partners buys lab building for AI startups in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Standard · 1m
Disrupt 2026 Day 2: AI and robotics take center stage
TechCrunch's flagship conference continues with 10,000 attendees exploring AI, robotics, and startup investment across stages, pitches, and networking.
TechCrunch · 4m
Industrial Next Tests AI Robots With BMW
Industrial Next partners with BMW to test AI-powered factory robots.
RuntimeWire · 1m
Google launches Gemini 4 Argon for coding and enterprise AI
Google's new AI model Gemini 4 Argon targets coding, robotics and business tasks with discounted API pricing until November 30.
Financialexpress · 1m
Building cities on the moon
NASA and China race to establish permanent lunar bases by the 2030s, but the moon's extreme conditions pose staggering technical and human challenges.
MIT Technology Review · 4m
China's robot bet could win the AI race
Beijing is building physical AI while Washington focuses on software, risking American technological dominance.
Foreign Affairs · 3m
CATL Backs $860M AI and Robotics Fund
CATL launches $860M venture fund targeting AI and robotics, expanding its influence beyond batteries.
Dealroom · 1m
Masayoshi Son Pushes $100 Billion Gulf Fund for AI
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son seeks $100 billion from Gulf investors to rebuild companies with AI, not just fund OpenAI.
Startup Fortune · 1m
Denmark Tests Humanoid Robots in Supermarkets
Denmark's supermarkets use humanoid robots to handle night shifts and reduce staff workload.
euronews · 1m
Mecka Raises $60M for Robot Training Data
Mecka secures $60M to train robots using human activity data instead of web scraping.
RuntimeWire · 1m
SoftBank Seeks $100B Gulf Investment for AI Expansion
SoftBank aims to raise $100 billion from Gulf investors to boost AI and robotics ventures.
AI Insider · 1m
Nvidia bets billions on robots that won't hurt people
Nvidia's safety system for autonomous machines aims to let robots work safely alongside humans in factories and warehouses.
Ars Technica · 2m
China’s AI Rollout Has No Off Switch
China’s AI strategy lacks a kill switch, enabling rapid global diffusion without safety controls.
Foreign Policy · 1m
Micron Memory Demand Growth
AI and robotics boost Micron's memory demand cycle.
Seekingalpha · 1m
SiMa AI raises $150M at $1.45B valuation
Physical AI chip startup SiMa.ai secures Series C funding to compete with Nvidia in the growing market for on-device AI.
TechCrunch · 1m
Travis Kalanick is back and not sorry
Uber's ousted founder has rebuilt his image and launched a new venture, with Silicon Valley's backing and a new generation of admirers.
Fortune · 5m
XPENG Stock Opportunity
XPENG's AI and robotics growth could drive NYSE:XPEV gains.
TradingView · 1m
Robotics teach kids failure and mentorship
Students learn engineering through robotics competitions and mentorship.
Valleynewslive · 1m
Hospitals Reimagined
Hospitals become high-acuity centers as care shifts to homes and digital platforms.
Newsweek · 1m
Feather builds the Android of robotics
A new humanoid startup is selling modular robots to developers now, betting the ecosystem will follow.
TechCrunch · 2m
Robot tackles pipefitting's hardest, most dangerous work
Nexterity's remote-controlled robot automates bolt-tightening on pipes, addressing worker injuries and a chronic labor shortage in North American pipefitting.
TechCrunch · 1m · 6 views
Trump and Xi race to win the AI crown
As the US and China battle for AI supremacy, the two presidents meet with competing visions of how the technology should develop.
BBC News · 3m
When AI failure means real disaster
Three leaders in autonomous systems discuss how to know when AI is ready for the physical world, where mistakes ground aircraft, crash vehicles, or compromise missions.
TechCrunch · 3m
AMD buys World Labs for $8.2 billion
AMD acquires Fei-Fei Li's world models startup to compete with Nvidia in AI chips and robotics simulation.
Ars Technica · 1m
Ukraine builds homemade robot buggies for winter supply runs
Kyiv tests locally made remote-controlled vehicles to resupply troops safely as winter approaches and foreign options prove costly and limited.
Business Insider · 1m
PitPro's robot swaps tires in 15 minutes
San Francisco startup deploys its first automatic tire-changing system at a Canadian tire shop to tackle labor shortages.
TechCrunch · 1m
SBI Chief Predicts Sunrise Sectors Drive Global Investment
SBI's Setty identifies renewables, semiconductors and green tech as next global investment frontiers
The Economic Times · 1m
Patti Harrison's Tech Utopia Dream Shattered
Patti Harrison, a comedian who once dreamed of tech saving the world, now calls Silicon Valley's profit-driven chaos a 'hell' after years of disillusionment.
WIRED · 2m
Five AI safety sessions at Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 features five sessions on AI safety, security, and deployment challenges that founders need to master.
TechCrunch · 2m
4 days to save $200 on Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch's flagship conference offers early-bird pricing through September 25, featuring 250+ speakers across AI, robotics, and infrastructure.
TechCrunch · 1m
Stretch 4 robot tackles real life, not just demos
Hello Robot's latest home-assistance robot prioritizes everyday usefulness over flashy humanoid design.
TechCrunch · 2m
Tesla's robot dream hits worker resistance
Tesla is struggling to mass-produce Optimus humanoid robots while employees refuse to train their own replacements.
Ars Technica · 1m
World model companies are keeping quiet
The AI labs building world models won't say what they're actually working on, and there's a strategic reason why.
TechCrunch · 2m · 8 views
14 coolest gadgets from IFA 2026 in Berlin
From robot mowers that spot hedgehogs to chairs designed for women's bodies, here's the tech that impressed at Europe's biggest innovation show.
Maxim · 2m
Why robots haven't had their ChatGPT moment yet
Nvidia's Les Karpas explains the biggest bottleneck holding back physical AI and what it'll take to break through.
TechCrunch · 1m · 8 views
Capgemini CEO’s AI warning
Aiman Ezzat says CEOs should treat AI as a business shift, not a tech race or a side project.
Fortune · 1m
The robot that squats so you don't get hurt
Agility's Digit 5 is built to sense people and back off, which is what finally lets humanoids out of their cages.
Ars Technica · 2m
Agility's Digit 5 learns to stop for people
Agility Robotics built a humanoid that backs off when a person walks up, and it needs that trick to justify a $2.5 billion valuation.
Business Insider · 1m
The man who made robots cheap
Unitree's founder approves every screw length and every $15 expense, and that obsession built the world's cheapest humanoids.
Ars Technica · 2m
Goldman just put a number on the robot decade
A bank, not a chipmaker, set the benchmark: 6.5 million humanoid robots shipped by 2035, and every layer of the stack is already booking revenue.
Yahoo Finance · 2m
YC's latest batch went full science fiction
VCs picked the nine startups everyone was talking about after Y Combinator's Demo Day, and most of them are building hardware.
TechCrunch · 2m
The week in tech: iPhone Duo, Beam Ultra and a Zelda remake
Seven stories, one week: Apple's new phone shape, a tiny Sonos bar with a big claim, a humanoid robot and Ocarina of Time again.
TechRadar · 1m
Robots are coming for homebuilding, slowly
America is short 1.2 million homes and 300,000 workers, and the machines helping most are the boring ones.
CNBC · 3m
I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China
A Unitree quadruped is useless, buggy, and it collapsed on the sidewalk. It may also be the start of a Chinese robotics takeover.
Ars Technica · 4m
The first robot through the FCC's ban is a lawn mower
A Swedish mower maker is the first company cleared under the US ban on foreign-made robots, and its pass has no expiry date.
PCMAG · 1m · 6 views
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Debuts Real World AI Stage
Explore how AI hardware, robotics, edge computing, and de-extinction are reshaping physical reality at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
TechCrunch · 1m · 6 views
