Robotics news and trends

Runway AI Hits $200 Million Revenue and Expands Robotics Capabilities
Artificial Intelligence // September 08, 2026

Runway AI, a company building world models as well as platforms built on top of those models, has doubled its annual recurring revenue (ARR) since April, reaching $200 million, Co-Founder and Co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) post on LinkedIn. The platforms...

The Hardest Job in Logistics Is Going to Robots
Shipping // September 01, 2026

Warehouse automation has always been easiest where a company can build the environment around the machines: standardized bins, fixed conveyor paths, predictable inputs. The harder problem sits at the edges of a logistics network, where a package has to move from a trailer to a...

Amazon Envisions Next-Generation Automated Stations to Process Packages 2.5 Times Faster
Retail // August 24, 2026

Amazon has denied details cited in a media report about its plans for an automated delivery-station concept, saying the concept is one of many being evaluated and the plans will likely change. Seeking Alpha reported Monday (Aug. 24), citing a paywalled article by Business Insider, that Amazon is developing an...

General Intuition Aims to Raise Capital at $6 Billion Valuation to Power AI Robotics
Investments // August 24, 2026

General Intuition, which is developing a foundation artificial intelligence model with potential applications in robotics, is finalizing a funding round that would value the company at $6 billion, TechCrunch reported Monday (Aug. 24), citing unnamed sources. The company’s AI model was developed using hundreds of...

Interviews & Exclusives
Labor Economy Workers Less Worried Than Office Workers About Robots Taking Their Jobs

February 10, 2026
Despite high-profile demos from the likes of xAI and AWS and aggressive corporate roadmaps, PYMNTS Intelligence’s Wage to Wallet Index™ shows that workers who could be most exposed to automation are not acting as though humanoid robots are about to displace them at scale. Even among Labor Economy workers, the consumer group made up of […]

AI Leaves the Screen and Enters the Living Room

January 05, 2026
Everybody wants technology that can take over household chores, and at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, major tech companies suggested that moment may be closer than it once seemed. At...

How Amazon and Walmart Are Rewiring Retail’s Future With Robotics

May 09, 2025
Competition comes best in twos. Think Apple and Microsoft, Coke and Pepsi, McDonald’s and Burger King and many other famous pairings. It’s because a dose of healthy competition ultimately benefits...

Can Delivery Robots Solve Last-Mile Logistics Issues?

February 03, 2025
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani envisions autonomous delivery robots transforming urban logistics by optimizing the pickup and delivery of food and other products to lower the cost of last-mile delivery...

Quick Reads
Runway AI Hits $200 Million Revenue and Expands Robotics Capabilities

September 08, 2026
Runway AI, a company building world models as well as platforms built on top of those models, has doubled its annual recurring revenue (ARR) since April, reaching $200 million, Co-Founder and Co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis said in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) post on LinkedIn. The platforms Runway has built on top of its Real-World Intelligence models […]

Amazon Envisions Next-Generation Automated Stations to Process Packages 2.5 Times Faster

August 24, 2026
Amazon has denied details cited in a media report about its plans for an automated delivery-station concept, saying the concept is one of many being evaluated and the plans will likely...

General Intuition Aims to Raise Capital at $6 Billion Valuation to Power AI Robotics

August 24, 2026
General Intuition, which is developing a foundation artificial intelligence model with potential applications in robotics, is finalizing a funding round that would value the company at $6 billion, TechCrunch reported...

Humanoid Raises $152 Million to Expand Robotics Company

July 21, 2026
U.K.-based robotics firm Humanoid says it is now a $1 billion company. The startup achieved that status, becoming “Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn,” after raising $152 million in a...