US EditionHumanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giants
- OpenAI partners with robotics startup Figure to integrate AI into humanoid robots, supported by tech giants.
- Figure aims to mass-produce human-like robots for workplaces and homes, targeting tasks in short supply of human workers.
- The partnership entails OpenAI developing specialized AI models for Figure's humanoid robots using existing technologies.
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Humanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giants
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure. Sunnyvale, California-based Figure announced the partnership Thursday along with $675 million in venture capital funding from a group that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as well as Microsoft, chipmaker Nvidia and the startup-funding divisions of…
“Our vision at Figure is to bring humanoid robots into commercial operations as quickly as possible,” said Chief Executive, Brett Adcock, who founded the startup nearly two years ago
An AI humanoid robot startup raised $675 million — including from Microsoft and OpenAI
We might be getting closer to having human coworkers. Figure, an AI company developing humanoid robots that can carry out general work tasks, raised a $675 million Series B funding round Thursday, earning a $2.6 billion valuation. The company counts Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Jeff Bezos among its investors.Read more...
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Humanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giants
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure.
Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding
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.
Robotics company Figure is receiving hundreds of millions of US dollars in a new round of financing to commercialize humanoid robots more quickly.
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