"Humanoid Robot Startup Figure Secures $2.6 Billion Valuation with Bezos, Nvidia, and OpenAI Backing"

Figure, a Bay Area-based robotics firm, has raised $675 million in a Series B round, valuing the startup at $2.6 billion post-money. The impressive lineup of investors includes Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, Nvidia, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, and Jeff Bezos. Figure aims to create walking bipedal robots for industry, with a focus on warehouse and factory applications. The company has also partnered with OpenAI to develop next-generation AI models for humanoid robots, with a goal of enhancing natural language communication and reasoning capabilities.