Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the Neighborhood Curbside Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Pilot, which will inform regulation updates and demonstrate guidelines for a permit program for private vendors to install, operate, and maintain curbside EV charging stations in the District’s public right-of-way. The pilot is being deployed in partnership with the… Read more »
Starfish, a supply chain connectivity platform that enables traceability and data sharing across food industry systems, today announced a strategic partnership with ConnectedFresh, a leading provider of real-time IoT monitoring solutions for food safety and operational visibility. Through this collaboration, Starfish will integrate ConnectedFresh’s environmental and condition-monitoring data into broader traceability and supply chain data… Read more »
Featuring Co-CEO Barnard Crespi, the podcast examines why many artificial intelligence initiatives fail to deliver expected productivity gains. Crespi focuses on a recurring pattern he observes across organizations experimenting with AI. The limitation is rarely the technology itself. Instead, outcomes are shaped by how work is structured, governed, and executed inside the business.
Swarm systems investigate how coordinated behavior can emerge from many simple agents without centralized control. Early large-scale demonstrations, such as the 72 autonomous robots deployed at Expo 2000—developed as part of a project with a budget exceeding €15 million—showed that distributed machines could navigate safely among humans while maintaining real-time coordination, a rare technical achievement at the time. More recent work extends these principles beyond mobile robots, exploring how synchronization, timing, and field-based interaction can distribute intelligence without relying on batteries, RF communication, or centralized infrastructure. In this context, Smart Dust can be understood as an evolution of swarm concepts, shifting coordination from physical motion to ambient, persistent sensing embedded directly in the environment.
In a landmark year for the generative AI sector, CHAI has officially solidified its position as the world’s leading Social AI platform. The company announced today that it closed 2025 with an Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $58 million, significantly outperforming its projected $50 million year-end target. This milestone represents a staggering 3x growth from… Read more »
