New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are allowing companies to develop robots with better features and more effective human interaction capabilities. Figure AI has reportedly raised $675 million to develop AI-powered humanoid robots. Among the investors are Jeff Bezos’ Explore Investments, alongside technology firms such as...
Figure AI, a startup developing human-like robots, is reportedly in the process of raising $675 million in funding, with a pre-money valuation of roughly $2 billion. Among the investors are Jeff Bezos’ Explore Investments, Microsoft, Nvidia and an Amazon-affiliated fund, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 23), citing unnamed sources. Other backers include Intel’s...
Within every dreamt-up human future, there have always been robots. Outside of flying cars, no other sci-fi fabrication so firmly places a scene in the “future” as the presence of walking, talking, human-shaped robots. Now, Hollywood directors and science fiction authors are going to have...
June 15, 2023
Within every dreamt-up human future, there have always been robots. Outside of flying cars, no other sci-fi fabrication so firmly places a scene in the “future” as the presence of walking, talking, human-shaped robots. Now, Hollywood directors and science fiction authors are going to have to come up with something new — because humanoid robots […]
February 23, 2024
Figure AI, a startup developing human-like robots, is reportedly in the process of raising $675 million in funding, with a pre-money valuation of roughly $2 billion. Among the investors are Jeff Bezos’ Explore Investments, Microsoft, Nvidia and an Amazon-affiliated fund, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 23), citing unnamed sources. Other backers include Intel’s venture capital arm, LG Innotek, Samsung’s investment group, Parkway Venture Capital, Align Ventures, ARK Venture […]
