Standard Bots hits a $1 billion valuation after raising $200 million led by General Catalyst and RoboStrategy, accelerating US robotic arm manufacturing as competition with China in AI-powered robotics intensifies.
Amazon launches an AI-powered custom merchandise tool through Alexa, letting shoppers instantly design and order personalized T-shirts, hoodies, and more via text prompts, posing a serious threat to print-on-demand competitors like Redbubble and Printful.
British AI startup PhysicsX raises $300M in a Series C round led by Singapore's Temasek, catapulting its valuation to $2.4B as demand surges for AI-powered manufacturing solutions for jet engines and semiconductors.
Generalist AI secures $400 million in new funding, pushing total capital raised past $500 million, as its robots achieve 99% reliability and speeds three times faster than previous benchmarks, signaling a major leap toward commercially viable physical AI.
Mistral launches 'Mistral for Industrial Engineering,' a fully integrated AI stack with robotics capabilities, backed by Airbus and BMW partnerships and the acquisition of Austrian startup Emmi AI, targeting design, production, and quality inspection use cases within sovereign enterprise infrastructure.
Figure deploys humanoid robots into Catalyst Brands' retail supply chain, automating physically demanding logistics tasks across JCPenney, Aéropostale, and Brooks Brothers distribution networks, starting in Reno, Nevada.
ZOZO launches ppf-contact-solver, a free open-source GPU-accelerated physics engine that handles over 180 million contacts, deployable on cloud platforms and Windows, with Blender integration, LLM-driven simulation support, and commercial-friendly Apache 2.0 licensing.
Celonis launches a real-time digital twin of business operations called the Celonis Context Model and acquires MIT-founded AI firm Ikigai Labs, combining live operational data with predictive AI to help enterprises like AstraZeneca and Mercedes make smarter, faster decisions.
Apple and Intel strike a preliminary chip-making deal brokered with U.S. government involvement, sending Intel shares surging 13% and reuniting the two tech giants after Apple previously ditched Intel processors in favor of its own silicon.
Apple is in early talks with Intel and Samsung to manufacture its main processors on U.S. soil, signaling a major strategic shift away from its longtime reliance on Taiwan's TSMC.