Google DeepMind ships whole-body robot AI to 100+ partners
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 gives humanoid robots full-body control for the first time, setting a new capability and safety benchmark that will determine which hardware platforms win commercial deployment.
Atomic rethinks version control for AI agents writing code at machine speed
Atomic Software raised $2.5M to build version control designed for AI coding agents, replacing Git's human-centric model with patch theory and provenance tracking.
BitGo Embeds Lightning into Regulated Custody, First Federally Chartered Bank Move
BitGo, an OCC-supervised digital asset trust bank, now offers Lightning Network payments directly from qualified custody via Voltage partnership, removing infrastructure barriers for institutional clients.
Google and Fanuc turn 1.1M factory robots into AI agents
Fanuc and Google announced a partnership to embed Gemini AI into the world's largest installed base of industrial robots, triggering a 16% stock surge and signaling a shift from selling hardware to licensing software capability.
Pentagon deploys eight frontier AI firms to classified networks, cuts Anthropic out
The DoD announced May 1 deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, NVIDIA, SpaceX, Oracle, and Reflection AI for classified network deployment, formally excluding Anthropic after the company refused unrestricted military use of Claude.