Mountain View’s 11th technology showcase brought chess robots, space-building machines and autonomous vehicles downtown. A packed AI panel focused on keeping small businesses in control.

Coursera is putting $100 million behind Andrew Ng’s LearnVector, a Silicon Valley startup building adaptive AI tutors for workers. Its first courses are expected in early 2027.

Nvidia’s reported talks to underwrite OpenAI’s Ohio lease would fold a chip supplier into financing for the world’s largest AI campus, reviving circular‑financing concerns.