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How Hugging Face Grabette Solves the Embodied AI Data Bottleneck With Open Hardware
Hugging Face has launched Grabette, an open-source hardware and software system designed to record robot-manipulation data. By expanding its LeRobot ecosystem, the AI pioneer aims to democratize physical AI training and break the data bottleneck holding back advanced robotics.
How NVIDIA is translating its data-center monopoly into physical AI dominance at the edge.
NVIDIA is moving to monopolize the physical AI ecosystem with its new Jetson Thor T3000 and T2000 modules. By packing Blackwell-class compute into a tight power envelope, the silicon giant is giving humanoid robots the onboard brains they need to run foundation models locally.
Neura Robotics Scores $1.2B for AI Humanoid Robot Army
German startup Neura Robotics raises $1.2B from Amazon, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim, and other major investors at $4.62B valuation. The massive funding round positions the humanoid robotics company as a leader in the global race for industrial AI automation.
LeCun Raises $1B Seed to Prove LLMs Are a Dead End
Yann LeCun's AMI Labs just closed a $1.03 billion seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation — Europe's largest ever. The Turing Award winner is betting that world models will make today's LLMs obsolete, and Nvidia, Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and Samsung agree.
Wayve Raises $1.2B at $8.6B Valuation for AV AI
British self-driving startup Wayve raises $1.2 billion in a Series D led by Eclipse, Balderton, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, hitting an $8.6 billion valuation. With Uber robotaxi trials planned for London in 2026 and backing from Microsoft, Nvidia, and three major automakers, it's one of the largest UK AI rounds ever.
Caterpillar Taps Nvidia to Build AI Agents for Autonomous Construction Equipment
Caterpillar is piloting 'Cat AI,' a system of AI agents running on Nvidia's physical AI platform, in its excavators. This marks one of the first major industrial deployments of Nvidia's push beyond data centers—and signals a coming wave of autonomous heavy machinery.