San Francisco has become the centre of gravity for the current AI wave, the city where the leading model developers and a dense layer of startups are based.
The largest AI labs keep their headquarters here, venture capital flows through the surrounding Bay Area, and the region remains the reference point for how the software industry moves. San Francisco stories cluster around AI and software.
Zoox receives the first federal approval for a purpose-built robotaxi without human controls, allowing paid rides in Las Vegas starting August 2026, with safety conditions attached.
Waymo restarts freeway rides in Phoenix following a pause and recall triggered by robotaxis driving into closed construction zones. The company faces new federal safety legislation.
AMD's new ROCm.AI platform uses frontier AI models to automatically optimize GPU kernels, aiming to close the performance gap with CUDA without manual tuning.
AMD today announced the full production launch of its Helios rack-scale AI system, with major customers including Microsoft and Anthropic already committed to deployment.
AMD will begin its Zen 6 rollout with server-class Epyc processors at its Advancing AI event on July 22-23, 2026, as confirmed by CTO Mark Papermaster. Desktop variants are expected later, possibly in 2027.