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Infinity raises $15M at a $100M valuation to build a CUDA-style, chip-agnostic kernel software stack for universal AI inference, backed by Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers from OpenAI/Anthropic, with 26 employees and a notable customer (D-Matrix).
CAISI leadership turnover and US regulatory moves underscore AI governance risk, while Japan’s massive physical-AI investments and Nvidia-driven infrastructure signal a major, capex-heavy shift in AI deployment.
Nvidia’s Japan push centers on a sovereign AI program (Noetra) built with massive public-private funding, a national AI infrastructure data center, and heavy industrial participation, signaling a shift toward domestically controlled physical-AI capabilities backed by Nvidia hardware.
TechCrunch Mobility weighs robotaxi tipping point, noting Waymo’s multi-city expansion and regulatory progress alongside a flood of funding/milestone data, yet argues mass adoption is not yet here and will hinge on geography, competition, and ecosystem spillover.
US homebuilding shows limited economies of scale: even large builders have margins similar to small ones, manufactured housing concentrates more but provides only modest scale gains, and the hard-cost ratio around 2 leaves little room for scale-driven cost reductions.
Hard-tech speed hinges on subtracting unnecessary requirements and tightly coupling design, testing, and manufacturing, as illustrated by six lessons and concrete data points (e.g., ClearMotion >$100M ARR; Lilliputian Systems $140M raise; 40% cooling energy reduction at Google; 6 vs 24 months manufacturing; etc.).
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