Thrive Holdings, A.I.-Focused Buyer of Service Firms, Raises $2 Billion NYT - Technology By: Michael J. de la Merced 12 August 2026 at 13:26 The company, Thrive Holdings, acquires businesses to infuse them with artificial intelligence and drew interest from backers like SoftBank.
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it. TechCrunch By: Tim Fernholz 17 June 2026 at 16:00 If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.