Humanoid robot startup attracts big tech investors, including Bezos, OpenAI, and Nvidia [Video]

The race to create the next generation of AI-powered robots is heating up, and a startup called Figure AI is leading the pack with a massive funding round that values it at $2 billion.

According to a report by Bloomberg, Figure AI — which is developing a human-like robot called Figure 01 — is raising about $675 million from a star-studded list of investors, including Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Intel, Samsung, and more.

The startup, founded in 2021 by former Google engineers, aims to create robots that can perform tasks that are too dangerous, tedious, or complex for humans, such as mining, construction, or disaster relief. Figure AI says its robot will have advanced vision, locomotion, manipulation, and communication skills and be …