Embodied Wire https://embodiedwire.com/ Independent coverage of physical AI — humanoid robots, entertainment robotics, AI avatars and digital humans. en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0900 Hive raises $15M to put a "silicon brain" inside industrial machines https://embodiedwire.com/funding.html https://embodiedwire.com/funding.html#hive-seed-2026-07-07 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0900 SuperSeed leads a $15M seed round for software that retrofits excavators and forklifts for autonomous operation — physical AI reaching heavy equipment, not just humanoids. Apollo 2 signals the humanoid race is now a data race https://embodiedwire.com/article.html https://embodiedwire.com/article.html Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0900 Apptronik's second-generation humanoid ships with a flagship data-collection and training facility attached — the clearest evidence yet that the moat in embodied AI is shifting from actuators to training data.