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The intersection of robotics and AI continues to appeal attention from investors and Big Tech alike . The latest indicator?Dexterity , a startup speciate in industrial robots with “ human - similar ” discreetness , has raised$95 millionat a post - money rating of $ 1.65 billion , per Bloomberg .
The investment , which includes backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sumitomo Corp. , highlights the growing demand for machinery power by AI and come amid a wave of excitation from companies likeMetaandApple , which are reportedly research investment into AI - power humanoid robots , and startup like humanoid golem makersFigure AIandApptronikthat have of late secured enormous funding rounds to uprise robots for a miscellany of tasks .
As for manual dexterity , its golem are design to perform repetitive and sometimes grievous task in warehouses and factories , such as loading box seat and sort parcels , for customer that include FedEx and UPS . Founder and CEO Samir Menon — whose last role was as a PhD student at Stanford — tells Bloomberg the robots use specialized AI models , each focused on a specific undertaking . The outfit has now raise most $ 300 million altogether .
