01 Jun 2026
Sam Altman is quietly backing a stealth startup that's building software for robots and cars
Exclusive By Rya Jetha You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. and Charles Rollet You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Sam Altman. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is backing a stealt
Charles Rollet, Rya Jetha
2026
01 Jun 2026
NVIDIA launches Cosmos 3, chip-fab tools and humanoid robot platform
Cosmos 3, humanoid robots and robotaxi tools headline NVIDIA’s latest technology push.Cosmos 3 combines vision reasoning and multimodal generation in a single open model.Nvidia NVIDIA unveiled a broad set of...
@IntEngineering, Neetika Walter
2026
01 Jun 2026
Enterprise Software Leaders Build AI Agents With NVIDIA
New NVIDIA Agent Toolkit software — including latest NVIDIA NemoClaw blueprints, Nemotron models, OpenShell secure runtime and CUDA-X libraries with agent skills — delivers open source foundations for enterprise development. Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Siemens and Synopsys are among the first to use NVIDIA NemoClaw to build autonomous AI engineers working as digital coworkers to execute…
News Desk
2026
31 May 2026
TechCrunch Mobility: It doesn’t matter that people hate the Ferrari Luce
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! If you’re into EVs or sports cars, then you surely saw the kerfuffle over Ferrari’s first all-electric car, the Luce. The reaction was swift and biting for the five-seater EV designed…
Kirsten Korosec
2026
30 May 2026
Watch Tesla's Cybercab Drive Itself Out of the Factory [VIDEO]
Tesla is showcasing the seamless integration of its manufacturing and artificial intelligence pipelines as its next-generation fleet begins to take shape. In a video shared online by CEO Elon Musk, the automaker offered a fascinating look at its purpose-built autonomous vehicle operating entirely unassisted within a live factory ecosystem. The footage was posted directly on X by Musk, who briefly…
Nehal Malik
2026
29 May 2026
The Apple Car Is Finally Here
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Ian Bogost
2026
28 May 2026
A SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims
The reservation request didn’t seem out of the ordinary: Eight colleagues visiting the Bay Area for work were looking for an Airbnb with reliable Wi-Fi. But at check-in time April 12, a Ring camera captured footage of people moving large, black cases into Sean Donovan’s home in San Francisco. Later that night, the security system was shut off. Two days later, Donovan stopped by the house to take…
Stephanie K. Baer
2026
28 May 2026
Jensen Huang Just Said $40 Trillion. Here Are 5 Physical AI Stocks Wall Street Is Quietly Loading Up On Before the Rest of the Market Catches On
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has called humanoid robots and labor automation a $40 trillion total addressable market, and on the Animal Spirits podcast, Derek Yan argued physical AI is "potentially bigger" than EVs or smartphones, with Waymo serving as live proof the underlying autonomy stack already works in the wild. Capital is rotating into this trade now, before the broader market has priced it…
Jeremy Phillips
2026
27 May 2026
Why Tesla’s Lens Cleaning Patent Matters For Optimus, Robotaxi - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Tesla's Newest Patent A new patent from Tesla targets the company's robotaxis and the Optimus Humanoid Bot.
Chris Katje
2026
