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Articles on Fleet Ownership
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Tesla Will Rent Out Optimus, Not Sell It. IBM Once Did the Same.
Tesla reportedly plans to lease Optimus rather than sell it. Why makers rent out young machines, what happened when IBM was forced to sell in 1956, and why making robots and owning them are different businesses.
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Your Robot Makes Two Products. One of Them Just Got a Price.
Kinetic Blocks opened a graded, priced marketplace for humanoid training data, including robot execution data. What it changes for anyone who owns the machine rather than builds it, and the contract clause to read before signing.
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The Next Robot Fleet Is Made of Machines People Already Own
Gravis Robotics raised 200 million dollars from SoftBank to retrofit existing construction machines with autonomy. Why its flagship customer is a plant hire firm, and what that says about owning robots as an income-producing asset.
