She'd been wanting to live in Montreal for years. When rent costs went up, and her relationship ended, she moved to Canada. bit.ly/4izF80U
Here's how Meta kept CEO Mark Zuckerberg in California after he weighed leaving over a proposed billionaire tax. bit.ly/4zMfEDx
Musk said it will take at least a year until Tesla can produce 20,000 Optimus units a week. bit.ly/4jSsZ8L
Why we don't have robot companions yet
Why we don't have robot companions yet
Business Insider visited two robotics companies taking very different approaches to building robots that can communicate naturally with humans.
Goodwill processes billions of pounds of donations each year and now uses AI to identify valuable items for online sales before they reach stores. The shift is forcing resellers to adapt through new sourcing strategies and live selling.
How Goodwill actually works
Goodwill handles over 4.4 billion pounds of donations every year. Most of it gets cleaned, priced, and sold at a retail store. For some, flipping Goodwill finds lead to massive paydays.
Obstacles and hazards included stormy weather, a pedestrian crossing at a green light, stray pets, and rival robotaxis getting in the way. bit.ly/4sqj9Ny
For decades, hardware was a hard sell in Silicon Valley.
Now investors are pouring tens of billions into machines that can do things in the real world.
Robotics and physical AI companies raised $33.4 billion globally in the first half of this year alone, according to PitchBook data. That's already more than the $28.7 billion the sector raised in all of last year — and an astronomical rise from 2020, when funding came in at just under $5 billion. businessinsider.com/why-sili…
This is the first installment of Robonomics, Business Insider's new series on the rise of robots and their impact on business, jobs, and everyday life.
Take a closer look at Silicon Valley's latest gold rush from @ryajetha: businessinsider.com/why-sili…
Meta is losing billions on AI and hardware. Here's how it plans to turn things around. bit.ly/4zPXEIw
Walmart wants your AI bot to shop. bit.ly/4emBhSs
"The creation of the Class C common stock will continue the founder-led model that has driven the company's success since its inception," Meta said. bit.ly/3VZ0EDJ
Elon Musk previously said scaling up Optimus production will be "agonizingly slow." bit.ly/4jSsZ8L
Meta's $25 billion penalty could be the largest in the company's history. bit.ly/4yKG6ww
Speaking at the closed-door Robin Hood conference in New York, Maverick's co-head said Intel's earnings will more than double soon. bit.ly/47tBjEq
Meta's Muse AI app hits over 10 million users since launch. CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted shopping as Muse's top use. bit.ly/4z7uuVa
Tesla is still selling plenty of cars. Making the same amount of money on them is getting harder. bit.ly/4ijiVmO
Anthropic just entered the AI agent arena with Claude Duet, built on the Opus 5.5 model. It's challenging Meta and OpenAI in the personal assistant market. bit.ly/4sk4ZgS
Meta predicted $135-145 billion in capex for 2026, aligning with analyst expectations. The company is spending big on data centers. bit.ly/4zRuyIJ

