writing about AI before it becomes mainstream robotics, enterprise software & VC also, a F1 nerd
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reliable robotics just raised $115m and crossed a $1b valuation to put autonomous systems on existing planes . automating taxi, takeoff, navigation, and landing. so the future of flying is same plane, fewer humans, and a very confident autopilot.
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anthropic’s latest: claude opus 5.5 leads in agentic coding and knowledge work while costing 40% less to run than opus 5 on typical workloads. in layman's, it can do more of the things you were going to ask it to do anyway.
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china isn’t just building humanoid robots. it’s building the factories, supply chains and deployment pipelines to make 100,000 of them a year. everyone else is still filming demos.
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red bull and audi found a way to use floor stays to reshape their sidepods and clean up airflow. lol classic f1! if the rulebook doesn’t ban it, it’s fair game. the fia is closing the loophole for 2027, but until then, that’s a genuine aero advantage.
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running the model and agent locally changes everything for anyone with sensitive files. perplexity computer is the first ai tool that feels genuinely built for the mac, not just ported to it!
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JUST IN: Getty Images files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after struggling with mounting debt & growing competition from AI-generated images.
the robot report has opened nominations for its 2027 trr50 robotics innovation awards.formerly the rbr50. it recognises the year’s most important robotics innovations, with nominations due january 5, 2027.
categories include startup of the year, robot of the year, application of the year, robots for good, best use of ai, products, business milestones, and applications. winners will be honoured at the robotics summit & expo in boston on june 2–3, 2027.
to qualify, innovations must have launched or been executed during 2026. past winners include amazon’s vulcan robot, waymo, physical intelligence, and harvard’s wearable robot for stroke and als patients.
therobotreport.com/2027-trr5…
between the candles:
the robotics story of 2026 isn’t just humanoids in factories. it’s automation filling gaps in the least glamorous parts of the economy: farms, warehouses, and supply chains. farms are facing a 20% labor shortfall, and the average farmer is 58
the response is a new wave of farm robots: solar powered machines that seed, water, weed, fertilise, and irrigate; autonomous tomato harvesters. and ai systems that can learn a new crop in simulation in under a week.
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mercedes f1 reportedly made $848m in 2025 revenue and about $168m after tax. that’s not just a racing team, it’s a luxury brand with a very fast billboard. winning helps, the real product is prestige, partnerships, and making you feel part of the story!
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DEEPSEEK AND HUAWEI ARE COLLABORATING ON NEW AI CHIP DESIGNS TO CHALLENGE NVIDIA - THE IN FORMATION
humanoid robot shipments reportedly jumped 432% to nearly 25,000 in the first half of 2026, according to a company release citing idc. impressive growth, but shipping robots and putting them to useful work are two very different milestones.
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neura robotics just introduced neuron ai, a multimodal foundation model for physical ai. it combines 3d vision, touch, audio, robot state and language with memory. essentially trying to give robots a more complete understanding of the world around them.
is the part of robotics that doesn’t get as much attention as walking or gripping, but it may matter more: a robot is only as useful as its ability to perceive, remember and respond to its environment.
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Nvidia just released AI safety software designed to contain rogue AI agents. One of the tools can shut down an AI agent that escapes its restrictions. We spent years asking whether AI would become powerful enough to do useful work. Now we're building a kill switch for the interns
AI-generated code is getting good enough that writing code is becoming the easy part. Knowing what the hell you actually want the machine to build remains surprisingly difficult.
Bitcoin is sitting around $78K while traders wait for US inflation data. the next few days are going to be a clean test of how much crypto is trading on liquidity expectations versus its own momentum. CPI first. price action second. narrative third.