Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia back $2.6bn robot start-up

Figure AI aims to transform labour market as it raises total $675 million in a funding round that also includes Jeff Bezos

Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia are among the investors backing a Silicon Valley start-up that aims to introduce artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots to the workforce and transform the global labour market. “Our vision at Figure is to bring humanoid robots into commercial operations as soon as possible,” said chief executive Brett Adcock, who founded Figure nearly two years ago.

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