Keeping Up with Silicon ValleyKeeping Up

Archive · Edition

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Saturday, October 31, 2026

27 stories · updated

7 from Techmeme stories in this edition · Show all

News

Sources: Meta built a prototype humanoid robot with Chinese firm Fourier in three months and is building a second (The Information) (opens theinformation.com)

Sources: Meta built a prototype humanoid robot with Chinese firm Fourier in three months and is building a second; Meta says it has no plans to sell these units — Meta Platforms has built a prototype humanoid with Chinese robotics company Fourier and is already working on a second version …

The InformationDetails
AnalysisOpinion

As AI models commoditize, lasting wealth will accrue to those controlling chokepoints, not to the labs (The Commanding Heights) (opens commanding-heights.com)

As AI models commoditize, lasting wealth will accrue to those controlling chokepoints like distribution, payment rails, and a stablecoin dollar, not to the labs — Scarce, controllable positions of Economic Power whose holders durably capture the gains of Increasingly Capable and diffused…

commanding-heights.comDetails
Gathered from 42 of 50 sources · how to read this

Headlines link to the original source. Confirmed means the company said it, reported means a publication did, and unverified marks a claim nobody independent has checked. How this feed is made