Freeway Robotaxis Cut Trips 50%: AI Capital Surges 🚗⚡📈

November 13, 2025

TL;DR

• Anthropic commits $50B to U.S. data centers, scaling compute. (techcrunch.com)
• Waymo opens freeway rides; cuts travel times up to 50%. (techcrunch.com)
• WisdomAI lands $50M Series A from Kleiner, NVentures. (techcrunch.com)
• World Labs launches Marble to turn media into editable 3D. (techcrunch.com)

HEADLINES

Waymo began freeway robotaxi rides in LA, SF, Phoenix 🛣️🔗

Anthropic unveiled a $50B U.S. data center build with Fluidstack 🏗️🔗

Apple rolled out Digital ID for TSA passport checks 🛂🔗

World Labs launched Marble, its first commercial “world model” product 🌍🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Kleiner Perkins invested $50M in WisdomAI 📊🔗

NVentures (Nvidia) invested in WisdomAI as part of its Series A 🟩🔗

Capricorn Investment Group invested in Teradar Series B 📡🔗

Lockheed Martin Ventures invested in Teradar Series B ✈️🔗

RAISES

WisdomAI raised $50M in a Series A led by Kleiner Perkins 📈🔗

Teradar raised $150M in a Series B from Capricorn Investment Group 📡🔗

RAISING

Einride is looking to raise $100M in a PIPE for SPAC merger proceeds 🚚🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

World Labs unveiled Marble (generate editable 3D worlds) 🌐🔗

Apple announced Digital ID in Wallet for TSA checks 📱🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Marble (World Labs) turn text, photos, or video into downloadable 3D scenes 🧱🔗

WisdomAI natural-language analytics over “dirty” enterprise data without LLM-written answers 🧠🔗

LEARN THIS

https://www.youtube.com — Practical walkthroughs are being published continuously; pick a same-day tutorial on agents, prompting, or reasoning from reputable channels (Google Developers, OpenAI, or proven educators) to level up workflows for non-technical operators.

METRICS

Waymo says freeway routing can cut ride times by up to 50% 🛣️🔗

Anthropic commits $50B to U.S. data center build-out 🏗️🔗

Einride SPAC values company at $1.8B pre-money 🚚🔗

Apple Digital ID live for TSA at 250+ airports 🛫🔗

BENCHMARKS

Waymo expands to a unified 260-mile Bay Area service zone 🚕🔗

Einride reports $45M ARR run rate; $65M contracted ARR 📈🔗

World Labs pricing: $20–$95/month tiers for Marble 💳🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Anthropic–Fluidstack plan targets Texas and New York facilities, staged through 2026 ⚡🔗

Apple Digital ID relies on TSA reader rollout; feature remains in beta 🧩🔗

Waymo adds freeway operations and airport curbside, expanding coverage economics 🛰️🔗

VALUATIONS

Einride SPAC implies $1.8B pre-money equity value 🏷️🔗

TuneIn acquired for $175M by Stingray Group 🎧🔗

POLICY

Apple Digital ID usable at TSA domestically; physical passport still required for borders ⚖️🔗

APEC: China proposed a global AI governance body headquartered in Shanghai 🌏🔗

U.S. Senate removed decade-long state AI preemption from Trump bill (July 1) 🗳️🔗

SOVEREIGN

Bahrain’s Mumtalakat partners with SandboxAQ on $1B biotech assets plan 🏛️🔗

China’s push for a World AI body signals multilateral AI ambitions 🧭🔗

SECTORS

Autonomy: Waymo freeway rides and SJC airport curbside expand service utility 🚕🔗

Logistics: Einride scales e-truck fleets across EU, U.S., UAE; targets NYSE via SPAC 📦🔗

Identity: Apple Digital ID adds privacy-preserving age verification pathways 🪪🔗

3D/Spatial: World Labs’ Marble enables exportable environments for games, VFX, VR 🕹️🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Dmitri Dolgov announced freeway expansion details for Waymo’s robotaxi service 🛣️🔗

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