4:52 PM pst · January 22, OpenAI has reorganized some of its leadership and picked a familiar face to lead its push into selling AI…
Author: Rebecca Szkutak
Neo humanoid maker 1X releases world model to help bots learn what they see |
9:14 AM PST · January 13, 2026 The robotics company behind the Neo humanoid robot, 1X, has unveiled a new AI model that it says…
Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 8:13 AM pst · January 14, Skild AI, which makes foundation models for robots, seems to have more than tripled its valuation…
Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups |
Superorganism launched in 2023 as what it claims is the first venture capital firm focused on biodiversity, aiming to serve as the conservationist on the…
Slackbot is an AI agent now |
Slackbot, the automated assistant baked into the Salesforce-owned corporate messaging platform Slack, is entering a new era as an AI agent. And Salesforce CTO Parker…
Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment |
Caterpillar is diving deeper into incorporating AI and automation into its fleet of construction machinery through a partnership with semiconductor giant Nvidia. The construction equipment…
Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026 |
Concerns about how AI will affect workers continue to rise in lockstep with the pace of advancements and new products promising automation and efficiency. Evidence…
VCs predict enterprises will spend more on AI in 2026 — through fewer vendors |
Enterprises have been piloting and testing different AI tools for the past few years to figure out what their adoption strategy will look like. Investors…
VCs predict strong enterprise AI adoption next year — again |
It’s been three years since OpenAI released ChatGPT and kicked off a surge in innovation and attention on AI. Since then, optimists have regularly claimed…