Industry 4.0 stories
Arduino and Qualcomm launch a global Hackster contest around the new AI-focused UNO Q board, giving away 300 units to developers.
AutoStore debuts CubeVerse cloud and AI tools to boost warehouse throughput and real-time fulfilment without adding robots or grid space.
HPE debuts AI Grid with Nvidia to link AI factories and edge sites, promising telcos unified, ultra-low-latency distributed inference.
GMI Cloud unveils USD $12bn sovereign AI hub in Kagoshima, aiming for 1GW capacity to power Japan's next wave of “Physical AI” systems.
China and the US are racing ahead of the UK in adopting AI-led, software-defined factories, raising fresh fears over British competitiveness.
ZEDEDA and Submer unveil modular liquid‑cooled edge AI pods, packs and containers to run GPU inference in harsh, remote industrial sites.
TCS launches Nvidia-based Rapid Outcome AI to help enterprises scale predictive, generative and vision AI across operations and industries.
Cisco and Nvidia launch a secure AI edge framework to push low‑latency inference from data centres into hospitals, factories and networks.
New York AI firm Emergence is opening a Bengaluru lab for autonomous systems R&D, aiming to hire 500 staff and invest tens of millions.
Fluke adds AI tools to eMaint, promising faster work orders, smarter PMs and voice-driven guidance for stretched maintenance teams.
Nozomi again lands in Gartner's Leaders quadrant for CPS protection, topping four key use cases in the 2026 Critical Capabilities report.
Schneider Electric launches EcoStruxure Foxboro SDA, an open software-defined DCS aimed at flexible, hardware-agnostic industrial control.
ServiceNow names Porsche-owned consultancy MHP Automotive Partner of the Year, citing AI-powered workflows and measurable business results.
Antevia and Benetel team up to offer a jointly validated outdoor Open RAN private 5G solution, targeting faster, lower-risk deployments.
Submer hires ex-BSNL Chief Anupam Shrivastava to drive green, liquid-cooled AI data centre expansion and sovereign AI efforts across India.
Swiss robotics firm ANYbotics appoints veteran industrial tech executive Thierry Obédé as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth.
ARM Hub backs sweeping R&D reforms to better link researchers with industry and keep advanced manufacturing and AI-driven production in Australia.
British Business Bank pledges up to GBP £50 million to SuperSeed's new Physical AI fund targeting early-stage industrial tech start-ups.
Indosat and Safaricom have struck an AI and fintech alliance to boost smarter networks, fraud controls and mobile money in emerging markets.
b<>com launches Open XG Hub, a free 5G/6G testbed to help labs trial open RAN components, private networks and new architectures.
