Rya Jetha

robotics and physical AI @businessinsider
tips + ☕️: [email protected] / signal: rjetha.07

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

Epstein tried to get into Flour + Water and Gary Danko with Woody Allen during a trip to San Francisco in 2012. Both restaurants said they were too busy to host Epstein & co:

[Charles Rollet @CharlesRollet1]

Scoop! Sam Altman is quietly backing a stealth startup building software for cars & robots.

The startup is called Alfred and wants to turbocharge the manufacturing process.

Over the weekend, Altman declared on X that robotics is OpenAI's next frontier.

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

Sam Altman is getting in on the physical AI boom. https://t.co/PTmQdGkM8m

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

Scoop! Sam Altman is backing a stealth startup that’s raising at a $40 million valuation to build software for robots and cars.

Founders are former Tesla and Meta Reality Labs employees. Cofounder Ankit Ukil said he and Altman initially bonded over their love of cars. 🏎️

With @CharlesRollet1

[Ryan Browne @Ryan_Browne_]

Introducing Wayve Labs: @wayve_ai's frontier research lab for physical AI. 🤖

Wayve Labs is where we'll pursue pioneering research in world models, spatial intelligence, and much, much more. 🚀

Thanks to @ryajetha for the great write-up 🙌 https://t.co/IZvBfsqmG5

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

https://t.co/OmDqeBY5wg

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

The seller of a $2.9 million San Francisco home is accepting payment in Anthropic or OpenAI stock.
The listing went live <24 hrs ago, and the agent's phone has been blowing up since, per @thebenbergman

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

@reed yeah we put carry on bags in the cabin and there was still plenty of legroom!

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

Full story @BusinessInsider https://t.co/j7Sx9UJaF1

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

Waymo is rolling out public access to its Ojai minivan. Of course we tested how much luggage you can stuff in the robotaxi!

[Charles Rollet @CharlesRollet1]

BREAKING: Meta has started its mass layoffs - and morale is so bad that many employees wish they were getting cut, too.

"I pray for the axe," one Metamate posted.

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

I’m now covering robotics & physical AI for @businessinsider.
Please get in touch if you’re building, funding, researching, buying, or deploying any kind of robot!🤖
[email protected] / rjetha.07 on Signal.

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

@jaccting 👀

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

Zoox's new service area in SF
(Rides only available to employees and their family and friends. Will be opened up to waitlist eventually, and then the public):
https://t.co/lOObrilJn3

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

New: Three security experts told The Standard that Mayor Daniel Lurie's exit from his vehicle yesterday in the Tenderloin violated basic protective protocols.

“He should have never gotten out of the car," said a former Secret Service agent.

https://t.co/5YR8UdXq34

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

People collecting signatures for/against the billionaire tax are making bank. Some will make $100k+ in a few months, per reporting by @low___impact

One person even moved across the country to collect signatures! https://t.co/rnJQrHzSHg

[Kevin V. Nguyen @KevinNguyen_89]

BREAKING: The San Francisco Centre Mall has been sold. Sources say local developers Presidio Bay and Prado Group have teamed up on a deal to take over the defunct property. More details TK, but sources say they will redevelop parts and keep retail 👇

https://t.co/f3ewYuUucy

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

Forget Epstein, forget war with Iran

A very serious investigation into the dog poop feud befouling Presidio Heights

by @leahygarrett

https://t.co/9KsLyIwxKr

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

Waymo’s fleet stopped 1,593 times for two minutes or more during the PG&E outage, according to company data shared with the California Public Utilities Commission, via @leahygarrett https://t.co/j4JfFqddjC

[Rya Jetha @ryajetha]

Block threw a $60 million blowout in September featuring Anderson .Paak before laying off 4,000+ people last week, via @AngelAuYeung
https://t.co/JMMXv2Wo2H

[Sharon Weinberger @weinbergersa]

A cofounder of Anduril, one of the biggest defense startups, floats idea of buying @WIRED.