TECHNOLOGY · AI · CYBERSECURITY · THE SYSTEMS SHAPING BUSINESSRobots, autonomous vehicles and the platforms that power them.
Alphabet's robotaxi unit adds borrowed money to the $16 billion in equity it raised in February as it expands across U.S. cities and prepares London and Tokyo launches.
Pony.ai's Gen-7 Arcfox cars will join Uber's London push while the partners have yet to say who will own and run the fleet.
The startup founded by former SpaceX avionics engineers wants railroads to win back freight trips under 500 miles that now go by truck.
The Hyundai-controlled robot maker picks an AI-model leader rather than a roboticist, ending a nine-month search after Robert Playter stepped down.
Most of the $40 million round went to buying stock from current and former staff, and the German robot maker's CEO has moved to San Francisco to push U.S. growth.
The robot-autonomy software developer would be worth five times its August 2025 valuation, and its revenue and contracts have reached $135 million.
Project Meridian puts two defense contractors' founders in charge of recommending what weapons the military should build next, alongside a new command for autonomous systems.
A new exposure index rates 19,000 job tasks and finds robots cheaper than people for just 0.3% of them, with drivers and packers most exposed.
Customers on a U.S. waitlist can order through Apple Messages, while a new in-house drone joins couriers and sidewalk robots under one dispatch system.
The Medal spinout's valuation has nearly tripled since June, though its MIRA model is still a research demo limited to a single game.
A $20 billion Citi term loan and two Wells Fargo revolvers replace a $5 billion line, giving Tesla room to fund Cybercab, Optimus and Semi plants.
CFO David Maday argues the target is a small slice of annual U.S. truck output, but investors sent the stock down more than 12% after the plan was unveiled.
The ImageNet creator will become AMD's chief scientist as the chipmaker buys a startup it helped fund at a $5 billion valuation seven months ago.
Fidelity and Amplify co-led the round for the maker of low-power chips that let robots, drones and cameras run AI without the cloud.
The startup is betting that robotics needs a standardized developer layer so teams can experiment without designing an entire humanoid platform from scratch.
Fleet data shows autonomous ride-hailing moving from a handful of demonstration markets toward a multi-city transportation network.
The long-delayed electric truck is entering customer fleets, shifting the debate from prototype performance to charging, uptime and fleet economics.
The South Korean conglomerate is reallocating capital toward businesses positioned to benefit from AI infrastructure and automation.