Intel to lay off up to 20% of Intel Foundry workers
Rumors of these layoffs began back in April as Intel looks to refocus on its core business units and shed additional bloat.
Silicon Valley tech execs are joining the US Army Reserve
CTOs from companies including OpenAI, Meta, and Palantir make up this first cohort of CTOs in the Army Reserve.
Nvidia to exclude China from its revenue and profit forecasts
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he isn’t confident that the U.S. will change its mind on chip export restrictions anytime soon.
Tesla sues former Optimus engineer over alleged trade secret theft
Tesla alleges that Zhongjie Li stole confidential trade secrets and used them to launch a robotics startup a week after he left Tesla.
How Warp is introducing robots to automate its network of warehouses
Warp can’t automate long-haul trucking or short-range delivery, so it’s working on what it can potentially change: the workflows inside its warehouses.
Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises $80M
Coco Robotics has made more than 500,000 deliveries with its zero-emissions robots since they hit the streets in 2020.
Uptime Industries wants to boost localized AI usage with an ‘AI-in-a-box’ called Lemony AI
The Lemony AI device can run large language models, AI agents and automated workflows locally.
XRobotics’ countertop robots are cooking up 25,000 pizzas a month
XRobotics recently raised a $2.5 million seed round to help it produce more of its countertop pizza robots.
AMD acqui-hires the employees behind Untether AI
AMD has acqui-hired the employees behind Untether AI.
Amazon launches new R&D group focused on agentic AI and robotics
Amazon wants this group to develop an agentic AI framework to be used to give its warehouse robots more skills.