Shield AI Argues Defense AI Requires Simulation-First Training
Shield AI published a position paper contending that autonomous military aircraft cannot be trained using the same data-rich approaches underpinning commercial generative AI, because the mission-specific data required does not yet exist . T…
NEURA Positions Smart Limbs Architecture for EU Data Sovereignty in Robotics
NEURA outlined a data-sovereignty framework for cognitive robotics built on its Smart Limbs architecture, which distributes sensing and compute across the robot so decisions occur where data arises . The approach is designed to let manufact…
May Mobility bets asset-light autonomy model on $1.4B SPAC listing
May Mobility, the Ann Arbor-based autonomous ride-hailing technology company, agreed on September 16 to merge with ACP Holdings Acquisition Corp., a blank-check firm affiliated with Atlas Credit Partners, in a deal that implies a pro forma…
Bolt and Lucid sign 25,000-robotaxi MOU for Europe, built on Nvidia Hyperion
Bolt and Lucid Group signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and deploy at least 25,000 fully autonomous vehicles across major European cities, the largest robotaxi commitment the continent has seen . The deal, announced on Septembe…
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RANKED · 5 THIS DAYZipline in talks to raise $1B at roughly $20B valuation, nearly tripling January figure
Zipline, the drone delivery and logistics startup, is in talks to raise approximately $1 billion in a new funding round that would value the company at roughly $20 billion, according to Bloomberg . The Information separately reported the co…