manufacturing

Physical AI’s Biggest Market Is 280,000 Aging US Factories

Physical AI’s Biggest Market Is 280,000 Aging US Factories
Physical AI’s Biggest Market Is 280,000 Aging US Factories
September 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The physical AI boom is easy to picture as a new factory filled with humanoid robots and autonomous machines. The bigger opportunity may be much...

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Squint’s Founder Turns Factory Know-How Into AI’s Starting Point
Squint’s Founder Turns Factory Know-How Into AI’s Starting Point
September 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Ask a veteran factory technician how to fix a machine that’s acting up, and the answer might sound less like an engineering manual and more...

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800 AI Agents Now Run GE Appliances’ Factory Floor
800 AI Agents Now Run GE Appliances’ Factory Floor
September 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

GE Appliances has deployed more than 800 artificial intelligence agents across its manufacturing, logistics and supply chain operations, using Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise, the company...

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PepsiCo Tests Its Factories in Software Before Steel
PepsiCo Tests Its Factories in Software Before Steel
August 11, 2026  |  Innovation

Before PepsiCo spends money physically expanding a plant, it builds a digital twin of that plant first. Using Siemens’ Digital Twin Composer and running on...

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Robots Crack the Factories Automation Couldn’t Touch
Robots Crack the Factories Automation Couldn’t Touch
July 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Industrial robots have historically gone where products are rigid, standardized and produced at scale. Automotive and electronics dominate global installations because their materials and sequences...

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The Future Factory Isn’t Dark. It’s Dim, Autonomous and Safer Than Ever
The Future Factory Isn’t Dark. It’s Dim, Autonomous and Safer Than Ever
June 23, 2026  |  Innovation

Robot factories have been a next-generation manufacturing narrative since before color TV. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Physical Goods Firms Are Learning to Live Without a Clear Forecast
Physical Goods Firms Are Learning to Live Without a Clear Forecast
May 15, 2026  |  Economy

The modern economy increasingly runs on two separate operating systems. One is digital, asset-light and geographically fluid. The other is physical, capital-intensive and exposed to...

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AI Takes the Wheel at Europe’s Biggest Carmakers
AI Takes the Wheel at Europe’s Biggest Carmakers
May 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is running on the production line, inside the vehicle and within the investment thesis. Europe’s premium automakers are moving on all fronts...

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