SoftBank sells its entire $5.8 billion Nvidia stake to fund a massive $30 billion investment in OpenAI and participate in a $1 trillion AI manufacturing hub in Arizona, sending Nvidia shares down 3% as markets question founder Masayoshi Son's bold bet on artificial intelligence over chip manufacturing.
Generalist AI releases GEN-θ, breakthrough robot foundation models trained on 270,000 hours of real-world manipulation data, discovering a critical 7B parameter intelligence threshold where robots dramatically improve at complex tasks and need only thousands of training steps to master new skills.
Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly approve Elon Musk's unprecedented $1 trillion compensation package tied to achieving an $8.5 trillion market cap, 20 million vehicle deliveries, and deploying 1 million robotaxis, boosting his ownership stake from 13% to 25%.
Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom unveil a massive €1 billion AI factory in Munich featuring over 1,000 DGX B200 systems and 10,000 Blackwell GPUs, set to boost Germany's AI computing power by 50% when it launches in early 2026.
Electric vehicle maker Rivian spins off Mind Robotics, securing $115 million in seed funding to develop AI-powered robotic solutions for manufacturing operations using Rivian's operational data.
Lambda strikes massive multibillion-dollar partnership with Microsoft to construct AI infrastructure featuring tens of thousands of Nvidia chips, serving over 200,000 developers while planning a Kansas City AI factory by 2026.
Korean researchers develop revolutionary 10-gram fabric muscle that lifts 15 kilograms, enabling ultra-lightweight wearable robots under 2kg that reduce human muscle effort by 40% and improve movement range by 57% in patients with muscular weakness.
ChipAgents secures $21M Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to revolutionize semiconductor design with AI automation, experiencing explosive 60x usage growth as top chip manufacturers embrace the platform to tackle increasingly complex billion-gate processors and accelerate time-to-market.
Stellantis teams up with Chinese AI firm Pony to bring self-driving robotaxis to European cities by 2026, starting with Luxembourg testing using Peugeot e-Traveller vans equipped with autonomous driving technology.
NVIDIA acquires AI coding tool Solver and launches 'AI factories' for vertical integration, positioning itself as an industrial solution provider that trains sector-specific models while addressing power efficiency bottlenecks in AI development.