Happy Tuesday.
Sorry, no real intro today. We binged robot news… and our dogs are staging a walk protest 😅
Let’s dive in.
Boston Dynamics announces it’s beginning manufacturing of the next-gen Atlas humanoid robot, with first units heading to Hyundai and Google in the coming months.
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Razer unveils AVA, a holographic AI desk companion.
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Lego introduces Smart Play, adding lights, sound, and sensors to classic bricks.
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Nvidia launches open model Alpamayo so AVs can “think like a human”.
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More from Nvidia: new open models for agentic AI, robotics, physical AI, biomedical innovation, and the new Rubin chips.
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Amazon brings Alexa+ to the web.
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Samsung plans to double Galaxy’s Gemini-powered AI devices to 800M this year.
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OpenAI reports over 40M people use ChatGPT daily for healthcare advice.
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Uber introduces new robotaxi from Lucid and Nuro, launching in the San Francisco Bay Area later this year.
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Beehiiv releases 2026 State of Newsletters report.
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Will Manidis on the decline and fall of America’s tech industry.
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As promised, tech and startups in under a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. The Y Combinator formula we like 👇
