Robotics & Automation

Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1B to build a superlearner AI

A months-old British AI lab with no product and no revenue just raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation. Ineffable Intelligence is betting reinforcement learning will reach super-intelligence first.

Google Cloud's $20 billion quarter is also a story about what it could not sell

Google Cloud crossed $20 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, growing 63% year-over-year. But the company admitted it could have grown even faster, with a backlog that doubled to $462 billion in a single quarter.

Google bets on agentic coding to outpace rivals in 2026

Google has been quietly, then very loudly, reorganizing its engineering efforts around one clear priority: getting better at code. What started as an internal experiment has turned into a full-scale push to build AI tools that write, fix, and evolve software.

What Tesla's Texas robotaxi expansion actually looks like on the ground

Tesla's push to build a nationwide robotaxi network took another step forward on April 18, 2026, when the company announced it was rolling out its driverless service in Dallas and Houston, bringing its total US city count to three, all of them in Texas.

The subscription AI boom that changed how mobile makes money

Something quietly historic happened in the mobile app economy in 2025. For the first time, consumers globally spent more on non-gaming apps than on games. The catalyst, more than any single trend, was generative artificial intelligence.

Tesla's new FSD app tracks streaks to keep drivers subscribed

Tesla's Spring 2026 update introduces a streak tracker for its Full Self-Driving app, gamifying daily usage as competition from BYD and Xpeng intensifies in the UAE and broader MENA market.

Apple is testing four smart glasses designs and the MENA market should be paying attention

Apple is not just building smart glasses. It is preparing to define what the category means for an entire generation of consumers, and for a region where iPhone loyalty runs deeper than almost anywhere else in the world, the implications stretch well beyond a new device on a store shelf.

Dubai Just Made Driverless Taxis an Everyday Reality

PIF-backed Lucid Motors cuts 800 jobs to turn profitable

Lucid Motors, the California electric vehicle maker backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, laid off roughly 800 salaried employees on Friday

Musk's Davos optimism crashes into 10 years of delivery failures

Elon Musk told Davos robots will outnumber humans and autonomy is solved, predictions that carry particular weight for the Middle East where governments are staking hundreds of billions on his technologies arriving on schedule.

UAE startup KNOT Technologies raises $1M in pre seed financing

UAE based startup KNOT Technologies has raised $1 million in a pre seed funding round to advance its work in robotics and intelligent automation, as regional investment in industrial AI and smart systems continues to grow.

Planys raises $12M to expand underwater Robotics operations

Abu Dhabi-based Planys raises $12 million to expand its underwater robotics technology for inspecting offshore and subsea infrastructure.