Physical AI
From Movement to Intent: A New Training Layer for Physical AI
Robots are becoming better at copying human movement. They can watch a person stack objects, tighten a bolt or guide a robotic arm through a warehouse task. But movement alone leaves out an important part of the lesson. A robot can observe that a person changed direction. It cannot easily tell whether the change came […]
Travis Kalanick’s Atoms Raises $1.7B From a16z to Build Industrial AI
Atoms, the new venture from Uber and CloudKitchens founder Travis Kalanick, has raised a $1.7 billion equity investment led by a16z, with Ben Horowitz joining the board, to build Industrial AI for entire economic sectors. The round unites Kalanick’s businesses under a single Atoms equity structure and is backed by a deep bench of equity […]
Sereact Raises $110M as Physical AI Moves Into Production
Industrial robotics does not need another controlled laboratory demonstration. It needs AI that can work through the unpredictable conditions of a real warehouse. Stuttgart-based Sereact has raised $110 million in Series B funding to scale Cortex 2.0, the next generation of its physical AI platform, and enter the US market. Headline led the round, with […]