Iuliia Gorshkova

There’s a peculiar hum that fills the room when a large language model is running on a decent GPU cluster. It’s not just the fans spinning up to dissipate the heat from thousands of watts of electricity; it’s the silent, frantic shuffling of numbers. If you could peek inside the matrix multiplications happening in those [...]

There's a particular kind of tension that arises when a system designed for absolute openness meets the rigid, often slow-moving framework of governance. It’s the friction between a movement built on the free exchange of code and models, and a regulatory landscape increasingly focused on control, risk mitigation, and liability. This isn't just a theoretical [...]

In a striking demonstration of investor confidence in the robotics field, Figure—a startup dedicated to advancing humanoid robotics—has secured a funding round that places its valuation at an extraordinary $39 billion. This figure is all the more impressive when one considers that Figure is less than three years old, yet it has already attracted an [...]

Robotics is evolving at a rapid pace, and the week of September 20 offered a fascinating cross-section of what is currently shaping the field. From advances in humanoid platforms and swarm robotics to fresh approaches in education and significant funding rounds, the industry continues to push boundaries while raising important questions about the future of [...]

Startups building with recursive and agentic systems often face a harsh reality: the cost of inference can spiral out of control faster than user acquisition can offset it. Unlike traditional SaaS with predictable database queries and compute overhead, agentic workflows—those that chain reasoning steps, call external tools, and recursively refine outputs—introduce a non-linear cost structure. [...]

The realm of artificial intelligence is shifting under our feet. For well over a decade, the dominant narrative in AI has been shaped by software—algorithms tucked away behind glowing screens, manifesting as chatbots, recommendation engines, and digital assistants. Yet, as 2024 unfolds, a new frontier has emerged: AI embodied in physical robots that look and [...]

The evolution of artificial intelligence is reshaping the boundaries of what machines can do. While mainstream attention has focused on chatbots, a new generation of AI-powered humanoid robots is quietly redefining the landscape of robotics and human-computer interaction. These machines are stepping out of research labs and into real-world applications, challenging our assumptions about the [...]

There is a specific, almost gravitational pull toward the demo. It’s that moment when an AI agent successfully navigates a complex task—booking a flight, summarizing a dense research paper, or executing a multi-step workflow—and the immediate reaction is a mix of awe and certainty. This is it, we think. We’ve cracked it. The demo is [...]

The robotics industry is experiencing a transformative era, with the global robot end-effector market projected to reach $13.76 billion by 2031, according to the latest report from The Insight Partners. This anticipated surge signals not only technological progress but also a fundamental shift in how industries approach automation and productivity. The end-effector, often likened to [...]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become inseparable from the field of robotics, revolutionizing the way machines interact with their environment, make decisions, and collaborate with humans. The synergy between these domains is not simply a matter of engineering convenience, but a fundamental transformation in the capabilities that robots can possess. As research advances, robotics is witnessing [...]

Walking through the AI landscape in 2025 feels like trying to drink from a firehose that’s simultaneously spraying champagne and mud. The hype cycle is relentless, and the sheer volume of "must-learn" resources can be paralyzing. If you are an engineer or a developer trying to cut through the noise, you need a strategy that [...]

In recent years, the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics has given rise to a new paradigm: physical AI. This term encompasses intelligent systems that not only process data and make decisions but also interact with the physical world—perceiving, manipulating, and adapting to complex environments. As manufacturing enters an era defined by rapid technological advancement, [...]

Across Europe, a new breed of startups is reimagining sustainability by integrating robotics into waste management and agriculture. These ventures, often propelled by EU funding, are tackling some of the continent’s most urgent environmental challenges, blending technological precision with ecological sensitivity. Their stories reveal a landscape where green tech and entrepreneurship fuel each other, and [...]

For years, the conversation around Artificial Intelligence safety felt abstract, almost philosophical. We debated the trolley problem in autonomous vehicles or pondered the long-term existential risks of superintelligence. These discussions were vital, but they lived in the realm of ethics and speculation. Something fundamental has shifted. The rise of large language models (LLMs) and complex, [...]

The global industrial robots market stands at the threshold of a transformative decade. According to recent reports, the sector is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 11.4% from 2025 to 2034, fueled by rapid technological advancements and evolving industry demands. This surge is far from uniform, however; it is [...]

Paris-based venture capital firm C4 Ventures has announced the launch of a new €100 million fund dedicated to early-stage startups in artificial intelligence, robotics, and quantum technologies. This ambitious initiative reflects both the accelerating pace of European innovation and a strategic desire to strengthen the continent’s technological sovereignty. The New Fund: A Strategic Investment in [...]

The conversation around artificial intelligence has, for a long time, been dominated by two distinct camps: the builders and the ethicists. On one side, we have the engineers obsessed with pushing the boundaries of what models can do, optimizing for lower loss functions and higher benchmarks. On the other, we have the philosophers and policymakers [...]

When we talk about the future of artificial intelligence in the public sector, the conversation often drifts toward the futuristic: autonomous decision-making, predictive analytics for city planning, or real-time fraud detection. We imagine the code, the models, and the interfaces. But in the trenches of government technology, the reality is far less glamorous and far [...]

For decades, the field of artificial intelligence has been defined by a fundamental schism: the divide between symbolic reasoning and statistical learning. On one side, we have classical planning systems—rigorous, logical engines that map out states and actions to achieve a goal with mathematical precision. On the other, we have the modern marvel of recursive [...]

In June 2024, HappyRobot, a San Francisco-based startup, secured a $44 million Series A funding round to accelerate the development and deployment of its artificial intelligence agents for freight operations. The funding round, led by prominent venture capital firms and with participation from global logistics giant DHL, signals a significant leap forward for the integration [...]

We live in a strange and exciting moment. The future that science fiction writers and screenwriters once sketched out in dusty paperbacks and cult TV shows is no longer just imagination. It’s sneaking into our labs, our homes, our factories. Especially when it comes to robotics, the line between fiction and reality is getting thinner [...]

There’s a quiet but profound shift happening in the AI landscape, particularly within the Chinese tech ecosystem. While the Western narrative often centers on massive, generalized large language models (LLMs) vying for the title of the next AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), a different strategy is taking root in China: the rise of hyper-specialized, verticalized AI [...]

In recent years, the world has become increasingly reliant on satellite technology, high-frequency telecommunications, and vast electrical grids. These systems, although engineered for resilience, remain vulnerable to the potent effects of solar storms. The sudden influx of charged particles from the Sun can disrupt satellites, degrade communication signals, and even induce currents capable of damaging [...]

For years, the practice of evaluation in artificial intelligence has been relegated to the shadows of the development cycle. We treat it as a chore—a necessary evil confined to Jupyter notebooks, CI/CD pipelines, and internal dashboards that only the data science team ever sees. We build models, we ship them, and then we hope the [...]

In the world of miniaturization, the boundary between science fiction and reality is increasingly blurred. The relentless pursuit of smaller, more precise machines has led researchers to the astonishing realm of micromachines—devices so tiny, their dimensions rival the width of a human hair. Among the most captivating breakthroughs are laser-driven micromotors and microgears, intricate structures [...]

For decades, the discipline of Quality Assurance (QA) in software development has been anchored in the concept of determinism. We wrote unit tests with the expectation that a specific input would always produce a specific output. We constructed integration test suites that asserted the state of a system against a known "golden master." The entire [...]

The hum of a GPU cluster in a data center is a sound few outside the machine learning engineering world truly appreciate. It’s the sound of potential—billions of floating-point operations per second, churning through matrices of data to find patterns we couldn’t see before. For years, the narrative around AI has been dominated by the [...]