OpenAI is partnering with robotics startup Figure to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into humanoid robots. The deal, which includes $675 million in venture capital funding from Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Intel’s startup-funding divisions, aims to ship billions of human-like robots to the world’s workplaces and homes.
Figure, less than two years old, is persuading tech industry backers to support its vision of shipping billions of human-like robots to the world’s workplaces and homes. The partnership will help accelerate Figure’s commercial timeline by enabling its robots to process and reason from language.
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