Startup Hello Robot has launched Stretch 4, the latest iteration of its mobile manipulator robot designed for in-home assistance and research. Eschewing the complex humanoid designs favored by other Silicon Valley firms,...
Silicon Valley startup Human Archive raised $8.2 million to collect first-person video and sensory data from gig workers in India to train physical AI models. By equipping workers with cameras and tactile sensors, the co...
Leaders from across the AI supply chain convened at the Milken Global Conference to discuss critical challenges facing AI development, including severe chip shortages expected to last 3-5 years, energy constraints prompt...
Antioch, a startup founded in 2025, has raised $8.5 million to develop simulation tools that help robotics companies train AI systems in virtual environments before deploying them in the physical world. The company aims...
Japan is aggressively deploying AI-powered robots across industries to address severe labor shortages caused by a declining working-age population, with the government targeting 30% of the global physical AI market by 20...
Alphabet is moving its robotics software subsidiary Intrinsic under Google's umbrella to accelerate physical AI development. Intrinsic, which builds AI models and software for industrial robots, will work closely with Go...
Yann LeCun has left Meta to found AMI Labs, a startup focused on developing 'world models' that understand the physical world rather than relying on language-based AI approaches. The company, with Alex LeBrun as CEO, aim...
CES 2026 demonstrated a significant industry pivot from software-based AI (chatbots and image generators) to "physical AI" and robotics applications. Major demonstrations included Boston Dynamics' redesigned Atlas humano...
Nvidia unveiled a complete ecosystem for physical AI at CES 2026, including robot foundation models (Cosmos Transfer/Predict 2.5, Cosmos Reason 2, Isaac GR00T N1.6), simulation tools (Isaac Lab-Arena), and new Blackwell-...
Nvidia launched Alpamayo, a family of open-source AI models including a 10-billion-parameter vision-language-action model that enables autonomous vehicles to reason through complex driving scenarios using chain-of-though...
