Robot startups are trying everything they can think of to get more data

Robots don't take your job. Bosses do

A Lego Model of Technological Unemployment

When Robots Take All of Our Jobs, Remember the Luddites

What a 19th-century rebellion against automation can teach us about the coming war in the job market

Startups Target the Tricky Task of Making AI Seem More Human

Simulated human behavior companies raise millions

These billion-dollar AI startups have no products, no revenue and eager investors

A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.

These Billion-Dollar AI Startups Have No Products, No Revenue and Eager Investors

A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.

Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back

Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work

People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds

The data drops as Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a moratorium on datacenter construction. 'We need to take a deep breath. We need to make sure that AI and robotics work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.'

The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

How a 40-Minute Window Brought Down a $10 Billion AI Startup: The Mercor Data Breach, Explained

A poisoned open-source package, a credential-stealing payload, and 4 terabytes of stolen data here’s what every AI company needs to learn…

After automation: Software will work for you, not on you

Alex Komoroske, CEO and cofounder, Common Tools — AI promises “infinite software”—endless tools tailored to every need—but funneled through today's app stores, that abundance just means more silos, more trapped data, and more to orchestr...

How to think about AI company finances

OpenAI and Anthropic are using the standard tech startup playbook.

Why AI agent startup /dev/agents commanded a massive $56M seed round at a $500M valuation | TechCrunch

/dev/agents, a new company by the developers of Android, believes a new operating system is needed to fully realize the potential of AI agents.

4946 The Alpha Dogs 2026 CAD and Documentation Release

After a successful FIRST Rebuilt Season, Team 4946, The Alpha Dogs, is proud to present our engineering report, business plan, and robot CAD. Our engineering report outlines the decision-making process taken to get to the robot design, optimization of electrical systems, and programming concepts. Public Version of 2026 Engineering Report.pdf (9.0 MB) Our business plan outlines our sponsorship interactions, short and long-term planning, and community outreach initiatives. Public Version of 20...

Pluralistic: “Rights for robots” and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

While the AI bubble is primarily a material phenomenon (driven by the calculation that bosses are easy marks for a sales pitch that sees them replacing workers with software), there is an inescapable ideological component to it: the desire for a world without people in it:

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.