The Infinite Loop — AI Reporting & Interviews

Robotics and Physical AI

Handle with care: Cracking the elusive problem of giving robots a sense of touch

Shadow Robot has sold hands to OpenAI and built one with Google DeepMind. Touchlab makes electronic ‘skin.’ Both believe the robot boom will need machines that can feel.

Tim Smith

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Oct 22, 2026

AI medical imaging

Can portable devices bring diagnostics to patients no specialist ever sees?

Oxalis Imaging and N23 Health bring testing closer to rural communities in low-income countries, where diagnosis often comes late

Jamile Racanicci

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Oct 6, 2026

Robotics and Physical AI

AI is delivering superhuman abilities on the construction site

Buildots and All3 are trying to cut down on inefficiencies in the global construction industry, with and without human builders

Tim Smith

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Sep 29, 2026

The First Customer

Inside Anyware Robotics' first sale

Saddle Creek Logistics bought Pixmo before it was finished. Anyware Robotics spent months alongside its first customer turning an early-stage system into one the logistics company would deploy again.

Berenice Baker

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Sep 24, 2026

Robotics and Physical AI

Why general-purpose robots start with the jobs nobody wants

Anyware Robotics CEO Thomas Tang explains why taking on the toughest warehouse jobs could produce the next generation of industrial robots

Berenice Baker

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Sep 22, 2026

The First Customer

A ‘YOLO move’ and a flight to Kansas: How Abridge landed its first customer

Abridge founder and CEO Shiv Rao closed the deal by hopping on a flight — and removing as much risk as possible from saying ‘yes’

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Sep 17, 2026

AI in healthcare

The doctor’s AI will see you now

Abridge, WellSky and their rivals are touting AI tools to listen in on doctor visits, but implementing them isn’t so simple — even if doctors want them

Sage Lazzaro

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Sep 15, 2026