Kung Fu stunts, lifting cars, mall cop, what doesn’t this robot do?🤖 Unitree just unveiled the H2-X “Kung Fu Legend Guardian,” a humanoid robot it’s pitching for security and rescue work. In the promo video, it kicks in car doors, flips off a car roof and jumps from a platform marked 13 foot. In staged scenes, it steps between a woman and a knife-wielding intruder and lifts the front of a car in a mock rescue. Unitree says the clip is real footage with no speed-up. The one spec Unitree gave is about 8 hours of endurance, which the fine print calls standing time. There’s no price, no spec sheet and no word on how much of the demo was autonomous.

Jensen Huang and a flock of robot ducks. 🦆 The keynote took place at Berlin’s Tempodrom, as Huang pitched Europe on building its own AI economy. The stars of the closing demo were Microducks, 9 inch robots from Hugging Face’s robotics team, Pollen Robotics. These tiny robots can walk, balance, sit, stand, kick a ball, roller-skate, pick things up with their beaks and get back up after a fall. They learned those skills in simulation with NVIDIA Isaac Sim that was trained in the cloud, and were tested on a laptop-sized RTX Spark before running on the real robot. As impressive as they are, they’re not flawless. Three fell over when told to “take a nap,” only two did the somersault, and one needed a stern “pay attention, stay focused.” Despite that, the $399 duck sold over 10,000 units within days of launch in August of this year.

The wearable robot is both a walking assistant and a fitness tool🏃‍♂️ Cheddar News’ Justine Miller tried the HyperShell Halo exoskeleton at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. The wearable straps to the hips and legs on a lightweight carbon fiber frame. It isn’t a medical device. It has three modes: eco adds “a little bit of a pep in your step,” hyper is built to “really boost you a lot,” and fitness flips it, making walking harder. The Halo costs $2,300 and is available for pre-order now, with shipping in January.

The biggest IPO in history is happening👀 The AI company behind Claude filed confidentially with the SEC in June. A public filing would clear the way for a possible November listing, and it would give investors their first full look at the company’s finances and risks. The numbers are huge on both sides. Anthropic brought in $16.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2026 and posted a net loss of more than $80 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Financial Times reports third-quarter revenue rose to $16.8 billion, from $11.5 billion in the second quarter. Wall Street expects a raise of up to $100 billion at a $2 trillion valuation, according to Reuters, which would top SpaceX’s June IPO.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says paying more under California’s proposed billionaire tax would be “a privilege.” The measure is a one-time 5% tax on residents worth more than $1.1B as of Jan. 1, 2026, payable over five years. Asked by CBS News’ Jo Ling Kent about a potential bill of about $8B over five years, Huang said: “The more you make, the more taxes you pay. I’m okay with that.” He added, “I’m not afraid of paying taxes. I’m just afraid of being poor.” His stance stands out as some wealthy residents leave the state ahead of Prop 40 on November 3rd.

“Robotics is going to be one of the most impactful shifts we've seen in society." Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe at TechCrunch Disrupt on Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup he founded in 2025 and spun out of Rivian. Mind is building AI models, robot hardware and deployment tools to automate hands-on, reasoning-heavy factory work. Rivian is a shareholder and partner, and its high-volume plant serves as a live environment for training and deploying the robots. The startup has raised more than $1B in under a year, most recently $400M led by Kleiner Perkins at a reported $3.4B valuation. Scaringe says Mind marks "the beginning of this inflection point" in how products are built and designed. #TechCrunchDisrupt #Rivian #MindRobotics #Robotics

Elon Musk says he’ll give one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America next year, and calls it “the first of many.” While he hasn’t said who qualifies or how minors would hold the shares, the numbers round up to roughly 73M children, worth about $10.7B at the current share price, according to AP. #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Tech #Business

Mark Wahlberg came to TechCrunch Disrupt to talk longevity and the 4AM Club, his YouTube channel built around members’ results. “Our goal is to not only get people to join, but get people to change their lives.” The founder and CEO of Municipal, believes that his channel will give members visibility for their progress, and the bet is that their results bring in the next wave of members. #TechCrunchDisrupt #Municipal #4AMClub

🚨 BREAKING: Paramount officially closes its Warner Bros. Discovery takeover. Hollywood now has a new giant called Skydance. The company now owns CBS, CNN, HBO Max, Paramount+, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures, all under CEO David Ellison. Shares begin trading today on the NYSE under the ticker SKYD, and WBD stock is no longer on Nasdaq. The deal closes after more than a year of bidding wars, a Netflix rival offer and a lawsuit from 12 states. #Skydance #Paramount #WarnerBros #BreakingNews

The former Disney CEO is breaking his silence, and he is not holding back📣 In his new memoir, Bob Chapek is accusing Bob Iger of undermining his tenure and describes a “relentless” campaign to push him out. Bob Chapek was named CEO of Disney on February 25, 2020, immediately succeeding Bob Iger, who assumed the role of Executive Chairman to direct the company’s creative endeavors through the end of his contract on December 31, 2021. Ultimately, Chapek was ousted for his weak performance during the company’s quarterly earnings call in November 2022. Following his firing, Chapek received $24.18 million in compensation for 2022, plus severance payments exceeding $20 million. What’s your thought on his side of the story?