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Toyota-backed Walden Robotics just put humanoid robots to work in a factory in less than 2 months. Here's how they did it. #Humanoid #PhysicalAI

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SpaceX has officially filed for its IPO at a $350B valuation. The public listing marks a turning point for space commercialization and the Starlink franchise. #SpaceX #IPO

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Xiaomi has unveiled a new AI model that can generate realistic robot training environments from simple text descriptions.

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Moonshot AI just dropped Kimi K3—a model that matches Anthropic's best at 1/3 the price. Markets tanked. #AI #ChinaTech

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Autonomous Ships Just Got Their First International Safety Code — What Changes

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Current receiving automation levels

26% fully automated, 50% partial, 24% fully manual.

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A new Interact Analysis report shows nearly half of warehouse automation buyers expect >15% capital expenditure increases in 2026. But here's what everyone is missing: this surge is not about replacing labor. 68% of operators plan to hire more people alongside their technology investments. That's not a contradiction — it's a strategy. Operators want to build hybrid facilities where automation handles the spikes (receiving, sorting) and human workers manage exceptions (damaged goods, complex picks). The real bottleneck today? Receiving and unloading. 54% of buyers are targeting it first. Only 26% have fully automated it. This tells me two things: 1) The low-hanging fruit is still abundant 2) Vendors that solve receiving accuracy and damage issues will win The #1 KPI shift is also telling: throughput now beats cost reduction. Question: If you're a warehouse operator, is your receiving line the bottleneck — or is it something else?

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Throughput is king

Throughput is the #1 KPI, ahead of orders and automation levels.

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Nearly half of forklift buyers plan 15%+ capex hikes in 2026. E-commerce leads the automation surge. Here's the data from Interact Analysis.

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Users report shock over credit consumption

One user’s estimate: $1,200 for last month under new pricing.

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GitHub Copilot’s pricing switch from flat-rate requests to usage-based credits is a brutal reality check for anyone who assumed AI coding assistance could be unlimited for a fixed fee. The company estimates that some heavy users’ previous monthly consumption would now cost thousands of dollars. This isn’t greed — it’s the math of inference cost per token. The backlash will force a market split: enterprise teams will swallow the cost, individual developers will either cut usage or switch to cheaper alternatives like CodeWhisperer or local open-source models. For investors, the real signal is that AI platform margins at scale remain razor-thin unless users pay per action.

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Nearly 50% of buyers expect >15% capex increase — biggest jump since 2021.

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Top KPIs for 2026: 1. Throughput 2. Orders 3. Automation levels

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Nearly 50% of buyers expect >15% capex increase — biggest jump since 2021.

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Top KPIs for 2026: 1. Throughput 2. Orders 3. Automation levels