Bezos, Nvidia Join OpenAI in Funding Humanoid Robot Startup

  • Figure AI, a startup developing humanoid robots, is raising about $675 million in a funding round with a pre-money valuation of about $2 billion.
  • Jeff Bezos has committed $100 million through his firm Explore Investments LLC.
  • Microsoft is investing $95 million, while Nvidia and an Amazon-affiliated fund are each providing $50 million.
  • OpenAI, which at one point considered acquiring Figure, is investing $5 million.
  • Last year, Figure, which develops general-purpose humanoid robots that could work in different environments and handle a variety of tasks from warehouses to retail, raised $70 million from investors led by Parkway Venture Capital.

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