Robotics 2026

The Trump administration is exploring a "national robotics strategy," with a possible executive order in 2026, according to the article. It describes this as the next step of the US government's AI push, based on the view that "AI cannot remain trapped in data centers." After the news, most robotics tokens pumped and then retraced within a few hours. The newsletter also reports that NEAR launched its AI Cloud and Private Chat products, which use hardware-backed, verifiable privacy, and that NEAR intents have over $7b in all-time volume.