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Lightberry Introduces Interacting Humanoid Robot Called ‘Lumi’

Insider Brief San Fancisco startup Lightberry has introduced Lumi, a humanoid robot built on Unitree’s G1 platform and designed to interact with people. “Lumi can

Qualcomm Launches Comprehensive Robotics Investment Initiative in Japan, Anchored by New Qualcomm Japan Robotics Center

Insider Brief Qualcomm Technologies plans to launch a long-term investment initiative in Japan focused on robotics, physical AI and industrial automation, including a new research

Agentic AI in the Enterprise: What’s Working and What’s Not

The gap between what agentic AI promises and what most enterprises can actually point to has become the defining tension of 2026. Ask a leadership

Corvus Robotics Raises $20M in New Funding, Names Co-Founder Mohammed Kabir CEO

Insider Brief Corvus Robotics has raised $20 million to expand its warehouse robotics business and named co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Mohammed Kabir as CEO.

Bill Gates Proposes “Robot Tax” and Protected Jobs to Address AI’s Labor Impact

Bill Gates has published a lengthy essay on his Gates Notes site outlining proposals to manage the social and economic disruption posed by AI. The Microsoft co-founder

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OpenAI Loses Data Center Chief as Executive Departures Mount

OpenAI has lost another senior leader, with Chris Malone, the company’s former head of data centers, departing last week, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Anthropic Unifies Claude’s Memory Across Chat and Cowork

Anthropic has announced a significant update to Claude’s memory system, merging the memory used across chat and Claude Cowork so the AI assistant retains context

Acquisitions Reshape First Half 2026 Financial Results, Robo.ai Reports

Insider Brief Robo.ai reported sharply higher first-half revenue and returned shareholders’ equity to positive territory after disposing of its legacy Iconiq business and completing two

Ropedia Launches HOMIE Gen2 to Scale Real-World Data for Physical AI

Insider Brief Ropedia has launched HOMIE Gen2, a wearable data-capture system designed to record human activity in real-world environments and turn it into training data

Gatik Raises $200M in Series D Funding Led by QIA and KDT to Expand its Driverless Commercial Freight Operations

Insider Brief Gatik has raised $200 million in Series D financing to expand its autonomous trucking operations. Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies led

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Why Ireland is Becoming a Hub for Applied AI

Guest Post by John Durcan, Senior Technologist for the Emerging Business & Technology Division of IDA Ireland. Think about Ireland, and artificial intelligence may not

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AI Infrastructure Race Accelerates As OpenAI Unveils Jalapeño Chip Results And Redefines Agentic Product Design

OpenAI presented its first benchmark results for Jalapeño, its new inference processor developed in close collaboration with Broadcom, at the Hot Chips conference on Tuesday.

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