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Major AI Breakthroughs: Skild AI Raises $1.4B & Apple Partners with Gemini | January 14, 2026

📋 Quick Takeaways

  • Skild AI secures massive $1.4B Series C to build a “universal brain” for robots, tripling valuation to $14B+.
  • Apple officially partners with Google Gemini to power the next generation of Siri and Apple Intelligence features.
  • Pentagon announces integration of Elon Musk’s Grok AI into military networks, sparking global controversy.
  • Google unveils Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard to enable agentic shopping across the web.
  • OpenAI acquires Torch Health for ~$100M to power its new ChatGPT Health vertical.
  • Aikido Security hits $1B unicorn status, becoming the fastest-growing European cybersecurity startup.

🤖 Robotics & Physical AI

Skild AI Raises $1.4B at $14B+ Valuation for “Omni-Bodied” Robot Brain

Mega-Round Confirmed: Pittsburgh-based robotics startup Skild AI closed a massive $1.4 billion Series C funding round on January 14, led by SoftBank with participation from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and Samsung.

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Agentic Commerce Revolution: Google UCP Launch & Meta's $6.6GW Nuclear AI Deal | January 12, 2026

📋 Quick Takeaways

  • Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) at NRF 2026, enabling AI agents to complete purchases across platforms with 20+ major retailers endorsing the standard
  • Meta secures 6.6GW nuclear power deals with TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra to fuel its Prometheus AI supercluster through 2035
  • ASML named top semiconductor pick for 2026 by Bernstein with price target raised to €1,300, citing AI-driven chip demand
  • McKinsey projects AI-driven retail market could reach $3-5 trillion by 2030 through agentic commerce
  • Salesforce reports AI agents drove 20% of holiday retail sales, validating agentic commerce adoption
  • 45% of consumers now use AI during shopping journeys according to IBM-NRF study released at Retail’s Big Show

🚀 AI Commerce Infrastructure

Google Unveils Universal Commerce Protocol at NRF 2026

Industry-Defining Standard: Google announced the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show on January 11, establishing an open standard for AI-powered commerce that enables seamless transactions across platforms.

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