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Metropolis, an AI infrastructure company focused on computer vision for physical spaces, has achieved a $5 billion valuation. The company, which started by solving parking payment issues, now aims to create a "recognition economy" where users are identified seamlessly across various locations. Metropolis recently completed significant acquisitions and secured substantial funding, including a $1.6 billion round led by J.P. Morgan and LionTree. AI

Researchers have developed VISTA, a novel system designed for anticipating human-object interactions in egocentric videos. VISTA integrates spatial object detection with temporal context from a frozen V-JEPA 2.1 model to predict future interactions. This approach achieved first place in the EgoVis 2026 Ego4D Short-Term Object Interaction Anticipation Challenge. AI