Niantic pivots to world‑model AI, targeting home robotics and driverless cars by 2027

Niantic, after selling Pokémon Go, is focusing on world models that reconstruct real environments using visual inputs, aiming to support home robotics and autonomous vehicles, with 2027 projected as a major expansion year.

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