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  1. Boston Dynamics' new CEO Rohit Prasad tasked with commercializing robots

    On Oct 7, 2026, Rohit Prasad — who helped scale Amazon's Alexa into a mass-market AI service and later led its Nova foundation models — formally became CEO of Boston Dynamics, with the appointment notice asking him to productize intelligent robots and scale commercialization. The piece traces how Spot, Stretch and Atlas moved from research to delivery — Spot for inspections at a Michelin plant, Stretch for unloading in DHL warehouses — and notes Hyundai Motor Group's stated plan to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots across Hyundai and Kia plants and build a U.S. factory with 30,000-robot annual capacity, plans rather than realized figures.

    钛媒体 · 🔥 6
  2. AI chip interconnect startup Eliyan draws takeover interest, held early talks with Arm

    Eliyan, a five-year-old startup whose technology lets separate chips inside an AI system communicate faster and more efficiently, has told some investors in recent days that it received a takeover bid, according to The Information. The company, valued at $1 billion in July, has worked with an investment bank since the summer and is likely aiming for a $3 billion valuation. SoftBank-owned Arm, an existing investor, held early talks about a possible purchase but did not make a bid and would be unlikely to do so at that valuation, a person familiar said.

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  3. Tencent reportedly weighs up to $5B offshore bond sale to fund AI push

    Tencent Holdings is considering an offshore bond sale of up to $5 billion, potentially denominated in US dollars and offshore renminbi and possibly launched as early as this month, according to reports citing people familiar with the matter; the use of proceeds is not yet settled and Tencent has not commented. It would follow a roughly $4.7 billion offshore bond issue in June, the company's largest since 2020. Tencent's capital expenditure jumped to 52.8 billion yuan in the June quarter, which management described as strategic upfront spending on AI infrastructure.

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