Neura Robotics secures $1.4 billion to advance physical AI platform June 12, 2026 German company Neura Robotics is building a new category of AI infrastructure where cognitive robots continuously learn, collaborate and operate across real world environments through a shared intelligence ecosystem called the Neuraverse.
Moment Energy secures $40 million to advance battery platform June 05, 2026 Moment Energy has advanced battery repurposing from experimental use cases to enterprise-grade commercial deployment. The Canadian company has achieved critical safety milestones, including UL 1974 and UL 9540A certifications.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad during test May 29, 2026 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin suffered a significant setback on Thursday when its New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a hot-fire test, Reuters reports.
Meta partners with AWS on Graviton chips to power agentic AI May 20, 2026 This agreement builds on Meta’s long-standing relationship with AWS, and expanding to include Amazon’s custom silicon, supports Meta’s broader goal of diversifying compute to meet the demands of the AI systems it’s building.
AI boom pushes hyperscaler CapEx towards USD 830 billion in 2026 May 06, 2026 Rising demand for AI infrastructure is driving a sharp increase in capital expenditure among the world’s largest cloud service providers (CSPs), according to new data from TrendForce.
Neura partners with AWS to accelerate Physical AI at scale April 27, 2026 By running the Neuraverse on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and connecting Neura Gym to AWS services, Neura Robotics can accelerate how robotic intelligence is trained, tested, and continuously improved across customer, partner and internal use cases.
Extended lead times for key components weigh on server growth April 15, 2026 Extended lead times for key semiconductor and hardware components are increasingly shaping supply conditions in the server market, according to TrendForce.
Foundry set to grow 24.8%, but not all of the market is keeping pace March 27, 2026 In December, Claus Aasholm, an analyst at Semiconductor Business Intelligence, raised an uncomfortable question in Evertiq: does the traditional semiconductor cycle still exist? His argument was straightforward — AI-driven growth is pulling the market into parallel trajectories that are increasingly difficult to reconcile within a single top-line number.
Panasonic to supply lithium-ion batteries for Zoox robotaxis December 19, 2025 Under the multi-year agreement, Panasonic Energy will deliver its latest 2170 battery cells beginning in early 2026 to support Zoox’s growing robotaxi service and operations.
DRAM module revenue up 7% in 2024, driven by tight supply and restocking October 01, 2025 TrendForce reports that following the completion of inventory digestion in the downstream consumer market concluded at the end of Q4 2023, DRAM suppliers shifted focus towards HBM and server DDR5 products, leading to tighter supply for other DRAM types.
Dyna secures $120 million to advance robotic foundation models September 22, 2025 The new capital will be used by the US company to expand its research and engineering team and accelerate the development of its next-generation foundation model as the company works to deliver high performance general-purpose robots in commercial environments
Trump seeks more government investments like Intel’s August 27, 2025 US President Donald Trump says he wants to make more government investments in American companies, similar to the recently announced deal with chipmaker Intel, Reuters reports.
Amazon to invest $13 billion in Australia’s data center infrastructure June 23, 2025 The investment will support the strong growth in customer demand for cloud computing and AI, accelerating AI adoption and capability, and the continued modernization of Australian organizations of all sizes.
Trump's first onshoring win isn’t the iPhone – it's the AI server June 12, 2025 As Nikkei Asia reports in a new investigation, the US is quietly assembling a domestic supply chain for one of the most complex machines in the world: the AI server. And while Apple has resisted political pressure to move iPhone production onshore, a host of data centre suppliers – including Foxconn, Wistron, TSMC and SK Hynix – are rapidly expanding their US footprint to serve customers like Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon.
Standard Bots expands production facility, unveils 30kg payload robot June 03, 2025 Standard Bots’ AI tech, designed specifically for its robots and powered by the NVIDIA Isaac platform, enables users to teach robots tasks through demonstration, eliminating the need for traditional coding or programming.
Indian drone startup Garuda Aerospace raises $11.7 million April 18, 2025 The funds will be used to scale up the company’s current production facility and fast track the completion of an R&D and testing hub dedicated to advanced defense drone design.
Quantum computing startup PsiQuantum ‘is raising $750M’ March 25, 2025 PsiQuantum uses existing photonics technology at a facility run by GlobalFoundries in New York. In February, PsiQuantum said it had figured out how to manufacture quantum chips in large quantities.
Indian energy startup AmpereHour raises $5 million March 12, 2025 The Mumbai-based energy storage firm intends to use the funds to expand manufacturing and software capabilities, enhance R&D and boost product development, according to a report by the Economic Times.
Amazon unveils its first quantum computing chip Ocelot February 28, 2025 Quantum research is an important emerging field, and countries like the US and China have been investing heavily in it. Tech giants are also in the race to get ahead in the experimental technology.
AI chips to drive semiconductor industry in 2025: VanEck February 03, 2025 Exchange-traded fund provider VanEck believes 2025 is set to be another “transformative year” for the semiconductor industry.
Volkswagen user data leaked January 03, 2025 Cariad, Volkswagen's software development subsidiary, has unwittingly leaked sensitive user data for electric vehicles from Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda. The leak included email addresses, phone numbers, location details and car owners' data.
Omdia bets on Foxconn becoming world’s largest server vendor December 19, 2024 Fuelled by skyrocketing demand for AI-optimised servers from major US cloud providers, Foxconn's ODM direct business will experience exponential growth in 2024, securing the top rank in Omdia's global server market analysis.
Amazon’s Trainium3 chip to be released by end of 2025 December 09, 2024 The new chip is expected to be up to twice as fast as its predecessor, Trainium2, and offer 40% better energy efficiency.
TSMC, Nvidia in talks for AI chip production in Arizona December 06, 2024 However, Nvidia’s Blackwell chips will have to be shipped back to Taiwan for packaging since the Arizona facility does not have the necessary CoWoS capacity, the Reuters report says.
Is Apple in talks with Foxconn to build AI servers in Taiwan? November 07, 2024 Though Foxconn is Apple’s biggest iPhone supplier, it also makes Nvidia’s AI servers, and sources told Nikkei it may have limited capacity to take Apple as a new server client.
Is Tesla in talks with SK Hynix for $725 million eSSD order? October 28, 2024 Tesla has pledged to invest USD 10 billion every year in building its AI supercomputer, Dojo, for which the US carmaker needs fast and large capacity drives to improve the system’s efficiency.
ABB Robotics, Molg to tackle data center e-waste October 15, 2024 ABB Robotics is collaborating with US start-up Molg to create robotic microfactories to recover and recycle data center operators’ disused electronic equipment – otherwise known as e-waste.
Oracle to invest $6.5 billion in cloud services centre in Malaysia October 04, 2024 Big tech firms such as Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and ByteDance have announced billions of dollars worth of investments into Malaysia in the past year, with a focus on cloud services and data centers.
Intel to make AI chips for Amazon Web Services September 18, 2024 Intel's foundry business will have greater independence and is set to be established as an independent subsidiary.
SK hynix hints at new HBM product with 30 times higher performance August 23, 2024 TrendForce predicts that the HBM industry will become more customization-oriented, breaking away from the standard DRAM framework.
AI chip firms Rebellions and Sapeon to merge June 14, 2024 South Korean artificial intelligence semiconductor companies Rebellions and Sapeon Korea have finalised plans to become a single entity.
Zollner to digitise its supply chain with Luminovo June 11, 2024 European EMS-giant Zollner Elektronik chooses Luminovo as a core partner for their digitalisation strategy. The time capacity thus gained can in turn be used to focus on the diverse needs of the customers.