Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding
CNBC February 29, 2024
Key Points
– Figure AI raised $675 million from investors including Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft and OpenAI.
– The startup says it will use the money to accelerate development of its humanoid robot, which is intended for commercial use.
– Founded in 2022, Figure AI has developed a general-purpose robot, called Figure 01, that looks and moves like a human.
Figure AI, a startup working to build humanoid robots that can perform dangerous and undesirable jobs, just got a big vote of confidence from some of the largest names in artificial intelligence.
The company said Thursday that it raised $675 million at a $2.6 billion valuation from investors including Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon‘s $1 billion Industrial Innovation...