5 Physical AI Infrastructure Platforms Shaping Robotics in 2026

5 Physical AI infrastructure platforms shaping robotics in 2026

Physical AI infrastructure is the stack of platforms that lets machines perceive, reason about, and act on the physical world, and in it has moved from research demos into the backbone of every serious robotics program. From accelerated computing and simulation to data operations, open-source tooling, validation engineering, and continuous learning, five platforms now sit … Read more

Procore Technologies Acquires DroneDeploy for $845M 2026

Procore Technologies acquires DroneDeploy for $845M

Procore Technologies announced on July 29, that it will acquire DroneDeploy for $845 million in cash, marking one of the largest deals in construction technology history. The acquisition brings DroneDeploy’s reality capture and visual intelligence capabilities directly into Procore’s construction management platform. Together, the two companies aim to build what they call a platform that … Read more

GMEX Robotics MediaMeta Acquisition: What Social Intelligence Means for Robots in 2026

GMEX Robotics to acquire MediaMeta.ai for social intelligence

GMEX Robotics just stepped deeper into the social AI race. On July 28, , the Australia-based company formerly known as Fitell Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 30 percent strategic equity stake in Singapore-based MediaMeta.ai. The deal positions GMEX to bring what the company calls social world models into the next generation of … Read more