✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-02-14
This week, I spotlight three intriguing funding stories in the robot world!
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🤖🤖🤖❤️💰 3 robot funding stories caught my eye this week.
Techmeme: Sources: humanoid robot startup Figure is in talks to raise $1.5B led by Align Ventures and Parkway VC at a $39.5B valuation, up from $2.6B in February 2024 (Bloomberg)
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme: Sources: Meta plans major investment in AI-powered humanoid robots, with an initial focus on household chores, and has formed a new team within Reality Labs (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
By Mark Gurman / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme: Texas-based humanoid robot startup Apptronik raised a $350M Series A co-led by B Capital and Capital Factory and plans a series of pilot programs in 2025 (Dan Primack/Axios)
By Dan Primack / Axios. View the full context on Techmeme.
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