Physical AI Deployment Era Begins as Inference Hardware Becomes Profit Center
MWC 2026's focus on embodied AI and humanoid robots signals the transition from chatbots to real-world applications, while Nvidia's new inference chips and Meta's diversification into Google TPUs/AMD GPUs highlight the shift from training to deployment infrastructure. This represents the next phase of AI monetization beyond large language models.
The AI industry is moving beyond pure software into hardware-dependent physical applications, creating new revenue streams and supply chain dependencies.
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