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We wrote about Amazon's (AMZN), project Vesta in 2019 (click HERE). Along those lines, Amazon recently announced that it plans to acquire iRobot (IRBT), a deal which will accelerate Amazon's Vesta strategy, which is essentially to gather information about the home via an autonomous robot (good news for the staff at Amazon Robotics). The folks … Continue reading Amazon’s iRobot Acquisition
Our view is that the U.S. Government will eventually become the largest customer for all three major cloud platform providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). Without a public-private partnership, the U.S. will fall behind China in the race for all things AI. What are some of the near-term military use cases related to AI? I spoke at … Continue reading Military Applications Will Drive AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Growth for Decades
Last week Amazon acquired Canvas Technology, an autonomous robotics company designed to automate fulfillment centers. This is Amazon's second acquisition of a robotics company deployed in fulfillment centers. The first was Amazon's March 2012 $775 million acquisition of Kiva Systems, which we had an opportunity to interact with last year in Boston. Amazon reportedly acquired … Continue reading Amazon’s Autonomous Robotics Acquisition: Canvas Technology
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