22 Jun 2026
Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026
Robotics startup funding hit a record high in 2025, per Crunchbase data . And that trend is continuing in 2026 so far, with funding to the sector already eclipsing 2025’s totals.
22 Jun 2026
Chinese universities are cutting language majors to make way for AI
As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, Chinese universities are rapidly redrawing the landscape of what is worth studying. In recent months, Chinese universities have actively cut foreign language and translation programs and launched new majors in “embodied intelligence” and “low-altitude economy.”
22 Jun 2026
Elon Musk Just Lifted His Tesla Voting Stake to Nearly 20%. Could a SpaceX Merger Be Next?
Elon Musk now controls nearly 20% of the vote at Tesla ( TSLA +1.04% ) . In a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, the electric-car maker's CEO exercised the entire 2018 compensation award -- 303,960,630 options at a split-adjusted strike of $23.34, against a stock that closed near $405 the day of the transaction. He didn't sell any shares on the open market to do…
21 Jun 2026
Robots pour cocktails, run marathons, but still can’t multitask
A Unitree Innov8 Robotics robot lies on the ground after falling during the VivaTech technology startups and innovation fair at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in Paris on Friday. | AFP photo
21 Jun 2026
A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot
Galbot Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech
21 Jun 2026
This downtown S.F. tower promised a new kind of tech community. Then came the power struggle
Frontier Tower members celebrate the first anniversary San Francisco incubator’s first anniversary in April. The previously vacant downtown building has become a “vertical village” for a variety of projects ranging from longevity to robotics. But members say a power struggle has developed.
20 Jun 2026
Robotics start-ups in Europe take on Chinese giants
Robots might be Europe’s last chance, as the continent ‘does require this economic pillar to sustain’ itself By Daxia Rojas / AFP, PARIS Humanoid robots able to perform tasks from grape harvesting to welcoming visitors were front and center at France’s Vivatech trade fair, with European firms looking to fill niches beyond what dominant Chinese giants can offer.
20 Jun 2026
Tesla’s Radical Makeover: Robot Factory Retooling, Musk’s Voting Power, and a Two-Speed Sales St
Elon Musk has cemented his grip on Tesla’s future by exercising options on more than 300 million shares, pushing his voting stake to just under 20%. The move arrives as the company accelerates its shift from a carmaker into an artificial-intelligence and robotics powerhouse – a transition that is already reshaping factory floors, product plans, and investor expectations.
20 Jun 2026
From $500 to $1tn: How Elon Musk built his fortune
Dubbed by the press as the "real-life Tony Stark", Elon Musk has spent decades building companies designed to disrupt established industries. More than once, those ventures came close to financial collapse before emerging as some of the world's most valuable businesses. Electric vehicles. Brain implants. Underground tunnels. A social media platform once known as Twitter. And a rocket maker that…
