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Jun 20, 2026

NVIDIA Launches Halos for Robotics, First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI

NVIDIA announced Halos for Robotics, described as the industry's first comprehensive safety system that unifies AI computing and safety protocols for robots and physical AI operating in workplaces. Agility Robotics is the first company to implement the system in its Digit humanoid robots.

Jun 20, 2026·9 sources

Mar 12, 2026

Gumloop raises $50M Series B led by Benchmark to scale no-code AI agent platform

Gumloop, founded in mid-2023 by Max Brodeur-Urbas, has secured $50 million in Series B funding led by Benchmark, with participation from Shopify Ventures and Y Combinator. The platform enables non-technical employees to build and deploy AI agents for workplace automation without engineering support.

Mar 12, 2026·9 sources

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▪The NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab is an ANSI National Accreditation Board-accredited program designed to evaluate functional and AI safety for physical AI.
▪NVIDIA Halos for Robotics unifies AI computing, system software, sensor data, safety applications, and inspection into a standardized safety architecture.
▪The Outside-In Safety Blueprint includes a Safety AI Monitor that continuously checks the perception pipeline for out-of-distribution inputs, camera blockage, and image anomalies.

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