"Figure AI's Humanoid Robots Catch Big Investors' Attention: $675M Raised at $2.6B Valuation with Backing from Bezos, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund"

Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding

Startup Figure AI is developing general-purpose humanoid robots.Figure AIFigure 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 Fund.Founded in 2022, Figure AI has developed a g...