Humanoid 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…
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...

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.
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
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