After Astra: where does value go when frontier labs ship robotics brains?
mihdalal · x · 2026-09-24
A discussion on what the Astra release means for research-only robotics labs: if frontier labs keep shipping better general intelligence off the shelf, training your own model from scratch stops being an edge. Value likely shifts to owning hardware, running real-world deployments and distribution, and holding customer relationships.
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