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The Information reported on the night of 26 August 2026, citing a person familiar with the matter, that Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the leading hub for open-source AI models and datasets, for about $12.9bn. Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg, TechCrunch and Business Insider all carried the story on 27 August. The reported deal would place Nvidia in control of the dominant open-model distribution platform, alongside its existing 2023 partnership with Hugging Face on generative AI supercomputing. Nvidia has not announced the transaction, has issued no press release, and had filed no 8-K disclosing it as of 2 September 2026.

SoftBank Group is in negotiations to acquire a MAJORITY stake in OpenAI-backed humanoid developer 1X Technologies, in a deal that would value the company at roughly $6 billion. First reported by The Information on 26 Aug and independently carried by Reuters on 27 Aug. Two things make it material beyond the headline number. First, it would be a change of control of a roster company, not a growth round. Second, $6bn is a step DOWN from 1X's last share sale and well below the ~$10bn valuation it was reported to be seeking on a ~$1bn raise — while still far above the $820m it commanded in January 2025. The deal extends SoftBank's robotics push, following its agreement to acquire ABB's robotics unit. NOT consummated: this is a reported negotiation and may not close.

On 29 May 2026 Richtech Robotics, through wholly-owned Nevada subsidiary Richtech Rainbow Holdings LLC, completed the purchase of the approximately 79,325 square foot building at 9530 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas. The $21,180,000 purchase price was paid with cash on hand — no debt or equity financing was used. The company had assigned its rights and obligations under the April purchase and sale agreement to Richtech Rainbow Holdings on 15 May 2026. The site is intended for warehousing, assembly and light manufacturing alongside R&D, testing and robotics-driven data collection and model training.

Skild AI acquired the robotics automation division of Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA) — the business formerly known as Fetch Robotics — to deploy its omni-bodied robot brain across warehouse fulfilment. Skild announced it on 15 April 2026 without disclosing terms. Zebra's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 4 April 2026 discloses the financial detail and an earlier completion date: "On March 27, 2026, the Company completed the sale of its robotics automation business to Skild AI." Consideration received by Zebra totalled $20 million — $9M cash, $9M fair value of a long-term investment, and $2M fair value of an indemnification escrow — against net assets sold of $15 million, producing a $5 million net gain. Critically, Zebra states: "As part of the consideration received, Zebra obtained a minority ownership stake in Skild AI." Approximately $2M is held in escrow for one year as a reserve against indemnity claims.

On 1 April 2026 Richtech Robotics entered a purchase and sale agreement with PSIF EBS Rainbow LLC for an approximately 79,325 square foot building at 9530 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada. The purchase price is $21,180,000, including a $600,000 earnest money payment. The company said it intends to use the property as a strategic US-based facility for warehousing, assembly and light manufacturing, plus research and development, testing, and robotics-driven data collection and model training to improve its robotics and AI systems. The agreement carried a 45-day inspection period during which Richtech could terminate and recover the earnest money, so at this date the purchase was not yet committed. Completion is recorded separately (29 May 2026).