News Summary

• German startup Microagi has hired Animesh Garg, a Georgia Tech professor and former Nvidia researcher.
• Garg will lead its work on post-training, adapting general-purpose robotics models into systems capable of performing specific tasks.
• He is bringing seven members of his research group with him through Microagi's acquisition of a startup the group had been building in stealth.
• Garg's move comes as money pours into robotics and physical AI, fueled by advances in AI, falling hardware costs, labor shortages, and pressure to automate and reshore manufacturing.