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15 stories taggedsupply chain.

The Texas Drone Maker That Saw the China Problem Coming a Decade Early
Hylio built its supply chain in America long before Washington made it a legal requirement. Now farmers squeezed by falling crop prices and rising costs are finding out why that matters.

The Canadian software company helping businesses survive supply chain chaos with AI
Kinaxis built a platform that watches your entire supply chain at once and warns you before a problem in one corner becomes a crisis everywhere else.

AGIBOT's Head of North America Will Explain How to Bring Humanoid Robots Out of the Lab at RoboBusiness 2026
Yinghao Song will walk through the real business case for factory-floor robots on October 20 in Santa Clara, covering costs, supply chains, and what it takes to make humanoids pay for themselves.

The Robot Industry Is Split Down the Middle Over America's New Robotics Ban
A Boston survey of 14 robotics companies found exactly 43% cheering the FCC's foreign-robot restrictions and 43% dreading them. Where you stand depends almost entirely on where your factory is.

America's AI Data Centers Run on Chinese Parts. Washington Wants to Change That.
From the boxes that regulate electricity to the cables that carry data, a surprising share of the hardware keeping US AI facilities running comes from China. Costs and delays loom if that changes fast.

Before AI Can Help, the Data Has to Work: Lessons from a 140,000-Person Manufacturer
Jabil operates more than 100 factories across 30 countries. Getting AI to do anything useful there first meant fixing something far less glamorous: making data flow the same way everywhere.

Inside the Robotic Hand That Can Pick Up a Polybag
Locus Robotics bought a Canadian gripping startup to fix one of the hardest problems in warehouse automation: picking up soft, floppy, or awkward things that suction cups simply cannot handle.

Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200 million to expand driverless freight routes
The California company already runs dozens of autonomous trucks for customers like PepsiCo and Kroger. Now it has the cash to scale to thousands.

Trump's New 15% Tariff Targets a Key Ingredient in Chips and Solar Panels
Polysilicon, the material China dominates making, will cost importers more from December. Here's what that means for AI hardware and your energy bill.

The Robot Startup That Accidentally Became America's China-Free Moment
A Bangalore-built robotics company spent years developing its own hardware to make better robots. When US regulators banned Chinese-made machines, it turned out Ati Robotics had already done the hard work.

AI Is Quietly Reshaping Warehouse Robotics, and One Founder Explains How
OSARO co-founder Derik Pridmore says the real breakthroughs in warehouse automation come from continuous learning, hardware flexibility, and safety you can actually trust, not from flashy demos.

150 Years Old and Still Building Motors for Space Robots
Magmotor Technologies has been making custom electric motors since 1876. Now it plans to triple its workforce and revenue, with robotics leading the charge.

TSMC Pours Another $100 Billion Into Arizona as AI Chip Demand Shows No Sign of Slowing
The world's most important chipmaker is doubling down on its US bet, bringing its total Arizona commitment to $265 billion and pointing squarely at AI as the reason.

Jeff Bezos and the UK Government Just Bet $450 Million on a Startup That Hunts for New Materials Using AI
Cambridge-based CuspAI wants to be the search engine for rare materials, cutting the time and cost of finding the physical stuff that powers chips, batteries and beyond.

America's Humanoid Robot Moment: Agility Robotics CEO Lays Out a Six-Point Plan
Peggy Johnson wants federal policy to catch up with the factory floor. Here's what she's asking for, and why it matters for American workers.