Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after all
The Trump administration has been targeting state-level AI regulation, with the president declaring in a social media post this week that the industry needs “one…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Waymo gets regulatory approval to expand across Bay Area and Southern California
Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of the…
Meta wants to get into the electricity trading business
In order to accelerate the construction of new power plants needed to provide energy for its data centers, Meta is looking to get into the…
Forterra brings in $238M to scale AI platforms for defense applications
Forterra builds scalable, robust, mission-critical hardware and software for defense and logistics. | Source: Forterra Investors are putting more money into military robotics. Forterra last…
A pioneer in the cobot industry speaks
In Episode 222 of The Robot Report Podcast, hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman recap the major robotics news of the week. Our guest this…
How this founder’s unlikely path to Silicon Valley could become an edge in industrial tech
Thomas Lee Young doesn’t sound like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial…
Bret Taylor’s Sierra reaches $100M ARR in under two years
Sierra, a 21-month-old, San Francisco-based startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, announced on Friday that it reached $100 million in annual revenue…
Teleop, not autonomy, is the path for 1X’s Neo humanoid
1X Technologies’ NEO humanoid is impressive. It has a sleek design and strong manipulation and teleoperation skills. However, there’s a major gap between what NEO…
The hottest AI wearables and gadgets you can buy right now
A new wave of AI-powered gadgets on the market aims to integrate artificial intelligence into our daily lives like never before. Some of these AI…
Waymo is starting robotaxi testing in three more cities
Waymo will deploy a mixed fleet of Jaguar I-PACE and Zeekr RT vehicles in Minneapolis, and a fleet of I-PACE vehicles in Tampa. | Source:…