While large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini dominate today’s AI products, industry leaders are turning toward world models that encode the physical world’s laws, objects and movement. These models aim to power realistic video, surgical robots and self‑driving cars, forging a new era of "physical AI." Prominent figures such as Yann LeCun, Fei‑Fei Li and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang are championing spatial intelligence and synthetic data as the foundation for this shift. Read more →

Resolve AI, a startup building an autonomous site reliability engineer (SRE) platform, announced a Series A financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that carries a headline valuation of $1 billion. The company, founded less than two years ago by former Splunk executives Spiros Xanthos and Mayank Agarwal, reports annual recurring revenue of about $4 million. Resolve AI’s technology automates the detection, diagnosis, and remediation of production issues, addressing a growing talent shortage in SRE roles as cloud environments become more complex. The round’s blended valuation is lower than the headline figure due to a multi‑tranche structure, a model gaining popularity among high‑growth AI startups. Read more →

World Labs, the AI startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, has introduced Marble, its first commercial world‑model product. Marble lets users transform text prompts, images, videos, 3D layouts or panoramas into editable, downloadable 3D environments through a freemium tier and three paid subscriptions. Featuring AI‑native editing tools, a hybrid 3D editor called Chisel, and capabilities such as world expansion and composer mode, the platform targets creators in gaming, visual effects, virtual reality and robotics. The launch positions World Labs ahead of competitors still in research or limited‑beta phases. Read more →