#physical AI

Hadrian Raised $1.37B at $7.87B, Inside The Valuation

A five-fold markup in twelve months for robot-run defence factories, anchored by JPMorganChase. The company builds parts, not models.

Aug 9, 2026

Hadrian's announcement card listing its Series D lead investors above the line "$7.87B valuation"

AI Chips

Two Component Giants Are Building Robot Skin Together, and Nothing Ships Before 2027

LG Innotek and TDK signed a memorandum to co-develop vision and tactile sensing for physical AI. Tactile sensing is the gap holding humanoid manipulation back.

Jul 28, 2026

Two executives shaking hands over a signed document at the MOU ceremony, beneath a banner reading 'Collaboration on Physical AI Solutions' with the TDK and LG Innotek logos

AI Models

microagi Raises $55M — Germany's Largest-Ever Seed — to Feed Robots Real-World Data

Five founders, several from Formula 1, are strapping cameras to engineers doing chores and factory tasks; ten months in, Hummingbird leads what the Munich startup calls a record German seed round.

Jul 17, 2026

Nvidia

Japan and Nvidia Launch a National AI Factory Built on 27,500 Rubin GPUs

Noetra will build and operate a 140-megawatt Vera Rubin AI factory under METI's FRONTia project, while Fujitsu, Fanuc, Yaskawa and Kawasaki sign on to a robotics push Jensen Huang calls the next industrial revolution.

Jul 16, 2026

Japan and Nvidia Launch a National AI Factory Built on 27,500 Rubin GPUs