The “GPT moment” for robots is already here. It’s just not in your home yet
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A $14B ‘universal brain’ company like Skild AI powering hundreds of factory machines shows the GPT moment for robots is happening in B2B, not consumer. If you run industrial lines, the decision is no longer whether to try physical AI, but which integrator controls your orchestration layer.
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