Sidecar Sync
Sidecar Sync
Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias
The Physical AI Moment: Dispatches from CES 2026 | 117
46 minutes Posted Jan 15, 2026 at 11:00 am.
Resolutions, Ice Cream, and AI Headlines
What LPUs Mean for AI’s Future
CES 2026: AI Goes Physical
AI Growth vs. Infrastructure Constraints
Why AI Pilots Are About Learning, Not Proof
Robots Are Real: Atlas, AgiBot & Beyond
Nvidia’s Robotics Models & Strategic Open Source
AI-Driven Cars: Swarms, Safety & the Future of Driving
Fuzzy AI Pets & Stair-Climbing Vacuums
Wrapping Up
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Send us Fan Mail CES 2026 brought the heat—and the robots. In this episode, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias break down the biggest stories from the Consumer Electronics Show, where AI made its move from code to corporeal. They cover Meta’s $2B acquisition of Manus, Groq’s $20B licensing deal with Nvidia, and how LPUs are set to revolutionize inference computing. From humanoid robots dancing across stages to Nvidia’s open-source models reshaping robotics and autonomous vehicles, this episod...