Anthropic is exploring designing its own AI chips through 'extreme co-design' to cut costs, reduce latency, and break free from Nvidia dependence, though it would rely on manufacturers like TSMC or Samsung for production.
Generalist AI's new GEN-1 robot model is achieving a 99% success rate on physical tasks like folding clothes and packaging items, up from 64%, while operating three times faster and requiring only one hour of training data per task on any hardware.
Cognichip raises $93M to revolutionize chip design with deep learning technology that promises to slash development costs by 75% and cut timelines in half, attracting investment from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan despite having yet to publicly demonstrate a finished chip.
MIT's new AI model VibeGen is revolutionizing molecular engineering by designing proteins based on their motion and vibrations rather than static structure, potentially unlocking breakthroughs in adaptive medicine and next-generation biomaterials like self-healing components and biodegradable plastics.
Charlotte robotics startup Lucid Bots raises $20M in Series B funding, bringing total investment to $34M, as its window-cleaning drones and robots surge from 100 to nearly 1,000 units sold while expanding into painting, waterproofing, and sealing markets.
Elon Musk launches Terafab, a $20 billion joint chip manufacturing venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI in Austin, Texas, targeting a terawatt of annual computing power to fuel self-driving, robotics, and space applications.
China's £100bn robotics revolution is accelerating at breakneck speed, with 140 firms deploying AI-powered humanoid robots in factories and retail settings worldwide, as experts warn hundreds of millions of factory jobs could vanish by the mid-2030s.
Samsung announces a record $73.3 billion investment in chip capacity and research for 2026, a 22% spending surge designed to wrestle AI semiconductor dominance away from SK Hynix and outpace TSMC's $50 billion capex plan.
NVIDIA is partnering with robotics giants ABB, FANUC, KUKA, Medtronic, and others to deploy physical AI at industrial scale, unveiling powerful new tools including Cosmos 3, Isaac Lab 3.0, and GR00T N2—currently ranked No. 1 on multiple robotics benchmarks—spanning manufacturing, warehousing, and surgical robotics.
Yann LeCun launches Paris-based AI startup Advanced Machine Intelligence, raising over $1 billion at a $3.5 billion valuation to build world models grounded in physical reality, challenging the dominance of large language models and targeting industries like manufacturing, robotics, and biomedical with open source AI solutions.