This week, we're tracking three core architectural shifts. First, the price collapse in autonomous hardware from Chinese firm Unitree is turning robotics from a capital expenditure into an extension of your software stack. Second, the rise of agentic AI workflows is making inference costs dangerously unpredictable, while opening new vectors for IP theft via knowledge distillation. Finally, stablecoins are emerging as a viable, low-cost alternative to the Visa/Mastercard payme