New operating systems may coordinate humans, robots, and AI agents on the factory floor
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-23
The post says most of the global workforce is still not at a desk, yet the software for managing physical work has barely changed.
It predicts new operating systems will coordinate humans, robots, and AI agents together, and that the companies building them could end up managing labor itself rather than just software workflows.
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