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Business

Schneider Electric to buy PTC for $22.6 billion, citing AI

The French energy-tech group will pay $205 a share in cash for the US maker of design software. It calls the deal a bet on industrial AI.

Schneider Electric said on Monday, October 5, that it will buy PTC for $205 per share in cash. That values PTC’s shares at about $22.6 billion, or $23.7 billion including debt. The deal is expected to close by the third quarter of 2027.

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Robotics

Toyota’s “400,000 robots” are mostly a renewal plan

They are not a humanoid army.

Toyota estimates that modernising factories could cost about ¥1 trillion, or $6.4 billion, a year from 2028 across its group and suppliers. The 400,000 robots in the reports include many existing machines that will be replaced.