Insider Brief Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute inaugurated the AI Robotics Innovation & Development Center in Tainan as part of the country’s broader AI infrastructure strategy and push into robotics commercialization. According to ITRI, the center will focus on developing and testing AI-powered robotics applications across healthcare, logistics, food services and disaster response while serving…

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Insider Brief L3Harris Technologies has delivered T4 and T7 robotic systems to the Australian Defence Force designed to help personnel detect, inspect and neutralize threats while operating from a safe distance. According to the company, the multi-mission robots support tasks including explosive device disposal, hazardous materials response and route clearance under Australia’s DEF08101 modernization program.…

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Insider Brief Hyundai Mobis hosted its fifth Mobis Mobility Day in Silicon Valley focused on robotics and physical AI as the company expands its search for technology partners and investment opportunities beyond traditional mobility markets. The event brought together startups, automakers and investors, with attendance more than doubling from last year to about 400 participants…

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Insider Brief Locus Robotics has acquired Nexera Robotics as the company expands its warehouse automation platform with AI-driven robotic grasping and manipulation capabilities. Nexera’s NeuraGrasp technology is designed to help robots handle a wider range of inventory types, including irregular products, textiles, soft packaging and delicate goods. The acquisition strengthens the capabilities of Locus Array,…

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Anthropic has acquired Stainless, a New York-based developer tools startup founded by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray, in a deal reported to be worth more than $300 million. The acquisition removes a critical piece of shared AI infrastructure from competitors, as Anthropic confirmed it will wind down all hosted Stainless products and restrict access exclusively…

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SandboxAQ, the Alphabet spinout chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has partnered with Anthropic to embed its large quantitative models directly into Claude, making powerful drug discovery and materials science tools accessible through a natural language interface for the first time. The company’s proprietary LQMs are physics-grounded AI models trained on real-world lab data…

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Insider Brief Faraday Future secured $25 million in new financing, bringing the company’s total funding over the past two months to $70 million as it expands its embodied AI and robotics strategy. According to the company, the funding will support development of humanoid and bionic robots alongside AI-enabled automotive robotics systems through the first phase…

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Insider Brief Nature’s Miracle signed a memorandum of understanding with robotics company DROMNI to explore deployment of AI-enabled autonomous ground vehicles across agriculture, logistics, industrial automation and AI data center operations. According to the company, the partnership will initially focus on pilot deployments for applications including greenhouse automation, material handling, infrastructure monitoring and facility operations.…

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Ian Crosby, the founder ousted from collapsed accounting startup Bench, has raised $10 million in seed funding for a new venture called Synthetic, which aims to build a fully autonomous AI bookkeeper capable of generating accrual-based financials without human involvement. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Basis Set Ventures and Shopify…

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Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. Three weeks of high-profile testimonies, spicy leaked messages, and $100B in claims made for a blockbuster trial — but Elon Musk vs. OpenAI’s conclusion didn’t live up to the hype. With jurors dismissing the suit in OpenAI’s favor and Musk…

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