Posted 2/29/2024, 11:14:00 PM
OpenAI Backs $2.6 Billion Humanoid Robot Startup Figure for Workplace Automation
- OpenAI investing in Figure, a company making humanoid robots for the workplace
- Figure developing "general purpose humanoids" to work alongside people in jobs that are unsafe or undesirable
- Investment valued Figure at $2.6 billion; backers include Bezos, Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia
- Figure signed a deal to deploy robots in BMW's plants
- Video shows Figure's humanoid robot carrying boxes, making coffee, and doing other tasks