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(Reuters) -Robotics startup Figure said on Thursday it raised $675 million in a funding round from investors including Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos at a valuation of $2.6 billion. Sunnyvale, California-based Figure also said it signed a collaboration with OpenAI to develop generative artificial intelligence for its humanoid robots. Other companies involved in the Figure funding include OpenAI Startup Fund, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures and ARK Invest.

Last month, Figure showed off its Figure 01 prototype robot making coffee using only neural networks trained on imagery.

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Humanoid AI-driven robotics startup Figure raises $675M at $2.6B valuation - SiliconANGLE

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