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NYC startup
fromTNW | Launch
2 days ago

Uber founder Travis Kalanick launches robotics company Atoms

Travis Kalanick's Atoms builds specialized industrial robots using a standardized 'wheelbase' platform for food service, mining, and transport, positioning purpose-built wheeled systems as more practical than humanoid robots.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechRepublic
1 week ago

Robots Rise, Humans Fall: Amazon Cuts Robotics Staff Amid Automation Push

Amazon laid off over 100 white-collar robotics staff while expanding its robot workforce, following the discontinuation of its Blue Jay robot due to high costs and poor performance.
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Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Gather AI, maker of 'curious' warehouse drones, lands $40M led by Keith Block's firm | TechCrunch

Gather AI provides curiosity-driven AI for warehouse cameras and drones to monitor inventory, detect issues, and integrate findings into warehouse management systems.
E-Commerce
fromTechRepublic
2 months ago

Stord Acquires Shipwire for AI-Fueled Ecommerce Push - TechRepublic

Stord acquired Shipwire, creating an AI-powered logistics powerhouse combining global warehouse access and integrated software to significantly boost fulfillment productivity and compete with Amazon.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

FedEx CEO explains why regular humanoid robots can't get the job done

FedEx seeks advanced 'super humanoid' robots with extra joints and increased degrees of freedom, but remains in pilot stage while leveraging AI on delivery data.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

The Warehouse Automation Seller Just Turned Profitable While the Retail Giant Builds Its Own

Investors face choosing Symbotic's newly profitable automation-as-a-service with volatile trading and insider selling or Amazon's scale-driven in-house robotics investment.
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UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
5 months ago

Nearly a million jobs in London may be changed by AI - which jobs are most at risk?

AI could change nearly a million London jobs, replacing repetitive tasks and creating new roles like AI trainers, ethicists, prompt engineers, and human-AI collaboration specialists.
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