🕴️AI Avatars Explode, Tesla’s Robot Dream Wobbles, and IBM Makes Its Boldest AI Move Yet

🎥 1. Colossyan: Transforming Corporate Training with AI Avatars

Budapest-based startup Colossyan is rapidly gaining attention in the corporate learning space with its AI-generated video platform. The company enables businesses to produce professional training videos featuring hyper-realistic AI avatars, allowing them to replace traditional, costly video production workflows. With just a script and a few clicks, companies can generate localized, multi-language training materials at scale — making onboarding and compliance training far more accessible and efficient.

The platform is particularly attractive to industries with constant regulatory changes (such as healthcare and finance), where training content needs to be updated frequently. Colossyan is part of a broader wave of companies leveraging generative AI to democratize content creation in the enterprise space.  

🤖 2. Tesla: Leadership Change in Optimus Robotics Project

Tesla made headlines for multiple reasons this week with one of them being the sudden departure of Milan Kovac, the Vice President of Engineering responsible for its ambitious Optimus robotics project. Kovac, who joined Tesla in 2016 and took over the Optimus team in 2022, played a central role in the company’s push to develop humanoid robots that can automate physical labor within Tesla’s factories.

Elon Musk has been outspoken about the strategic importance of Optimus, claiming the robotics project could one day surpass Tesla’s car business in value. The goal is to have thousands of Optimus robots working in factories by fall 2025, with an aim to scale to over one million units annually by 2030. Kovac’s departure raises questions about how Tesla will maintain momentum on the project, though Musk reiterated that progress remains on track.

💼 3. IBM: Acquires Seek AI to Boost Enterprise Innovation

IBM continues to double down on its enterprise AI strategy with the acquisition of Seek AI, a data intelligence platform that uses generative AI to unlock business insights across industries such as e-commerce, financial services, and consumer packaged goods. Seek AI’s technology allows companies to automatically generate natural language answers from complex databases — helping business users extract value from their data without needing technical expertise.

IBM plans to integrate Seek AI into its watsonx AI Labs, a new initiative designed to accelerate AI innovation in New York City. The labs will serve as both an accelerator for startups and an internal R&D hub for IBM’s growing suite of AI products. The acquisition underscores IBM’s focus on becoming a dominant force in enterprise AI tooling, where it faces competition from both established players like Microsoft and a rising wave of nimble startups. Seek AI’s capabilities will enhance IBM’s value proposition in data-heavy industries that are increasingly hungry for AI-driven solutions.

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Raycast is rapidly becoming the go-to productivity tool for Mac power users. It works as a supercharged Spotlight replacement, but with deep integrations and automations. Instead of switching between apps, you can trigger actions — like creating a new task in Todoist, sending a Slack message, or launching Zoom — all from the Raycast command bar.

Advanced users are building custom Raycast extensions to automate repetitive parts of their workflow. For example:

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