January 18, 2025

✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-01-17

This week, I'm exploring the buzz around drones and the rise of Agentic AI.

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As this week ends, I'm thinking about the implications of drones and all things autonomous as the hype around Agentic AI reaches a fever pitch.

Techmeme: Sources: Shield AI, maker of software for autonomous aircraft and drones, is raising ~$200M from Palantir and others at a $5B valuation, up from $2.8B in 2024 (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

By Tabby Kinder / Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme: Amazon suspends drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona to fix the drones' software after two of its latest models crashed in rainy weather at a testing facility (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

By Matt Day / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme: Anduril plans to build a $1B factory in Columbus, Ohio called Arsenal-1 to eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year (New York Times)

From New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme: DJI replaces its geofence around the US' No-Fly Zones with a dismissible warning, saying the update “aligns” with FAA rules and is similar to changes in the EU (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

By Sean Hollister / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

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