No. 67Physical AI
Stephen James on Why Robotics Breaks at the Data Layer
The companies that win robotics won't be the ones with the best model architecture. They'll be the ones that solved data infrastructure first.

One interview from each sector, chosen by the editors.
No. 67Physical AI
The companies that win robotics won't be the ones with the best model architecture. They'll be the ones that solved data infrastructure first.

No. 17Agents & Enterprise
We’re building the tools to make these businesses competitive against the private equity rollups and franchises of the world.

No. 29Models & Infrastructure
The key lesson has been that hype doesn't replace good engineering.

No. 41Healthcare
Ultimately, our goal is not just to move fast — it’s to move responsibly, with patient safety at the center of everything we do.

No. 58Fintech
The goal is not to remove humans from control. The goal is to let machines execute safely within rules humans can understand and enforce.

No. 64Industrials & Climate
The most dangerous assumption we rejected was that this was primarily a hardware optimization problem.

No. 81Defense & Security
The bottom line is design for reality, not ideal conditions.

No. 79Consumer
To me, it could end up being a final destination in terms of the underlying technology, but it’s definitely not a final destination in terms of creative capabilities — coming back to animation, relighting, and things like that.
