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SoftBank is talk terms a $ 500 million investment inSkild AI , a software company building a foundational model for robotics at a $ 4 billion evaluation , Bloomberg andFinancial Times reported .
The 2 - class - old company raised its previous funding cycle of $ 300 million at a $ 1.5 billion valuation last July from investors , including Jeff Bezos , Lightspeed Venture Partners , and Coatue Management .
The caller ’s AI model can be applied to various types of golem , Skild founders Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta tell TechCrunch last July . They said the generalized model can be modify for a specific orbit and use case .
The product of robotics and AI has see substantial investor interest .
Over the late year , investor , particularly Bezos , have increased their financial support to AI - powered robotics caller .
Physical Intelligence , a inauguration thatraised $ 400 millionat a $ 2 billion pre - money valuation in November , is another inauguration claiming to be developing “ brains ” for a spacious reach of robots . Jeff Bezos , Lux Capital , and Thrive Capital head that round .
Last February , Figure AI , a startup building an AI - powered humanoid golem , raised $ 675 million at a $ 2.6 billion valuation from Microsoft , OpenAI Startup Fund , Nvidia , Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund , and Jeff Bezos ( through Bezos Expeditions ) .
