The SMID Point

Research evidence excerpt

The SMID Point

Industry

Artificial Intelligence - Bottlenecks Remain for Scaling Physical AI, But

Commercialization Progressing

Citi’s 4th annual Robotics and Physical AI Leadership Conference brought together

leading founders, investors, and operators at the frontier of physical AI to assess

where the market stands and the road ahead. The dominant theme was that

commercialization has arrived, but scaling remains hard. Participants

distinguished between the promise of physical AI models and the operational

reality of deploying them in unstructured, safety-critical environments. Labor

shortages, reshoring, and favorable regulatory tailwinds are accelerating

enterprise demand, while data scarcity, talent constraints, battery limitations, and

high deployment costs remain key friction points. Humanoids are generating

significant investment enthusiasm, but near-term ROI is being driven by purpose-

built AMRs and specialized systems from companies like Locus Robotics and

Dexterity. The conference reinforced our view that physical AI is a decade-long

buildout, with durable value accruing to companies that own the data flywheel,

solve real deployment problems, and meet the highest safety standards.

Heath Terry | Andrew Kaplowitz

North America Insurance - Property & Casualty - Insurance Thoughts Related to

219/235 West 42nd Street

We certainly hope that the structural deformities that emerged today at the

property at 219/235 West 42nd Street can be safely (and quickly) remediated.

However, the situation creates an opportunity to contemplate the potential

exposures associated with a large, urban property loss due to condemnation or

collapse. See below for quick thoughts.

Matthew Heimermann

Packaging & Waste Services - OCC Mostly Unchanged as Exports Offset Further

Mill Demand