Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, introduced its humanoid robot Optimus.
Following these developments, giant technology companies started to focus on humanoid robots with artificial intelligence.
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft and OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, are considering investing 500 million dollars in a humanoid robot startup.
Figure AI, which wants to place autonomous humanoid workers around the world, could be valued at 1.9 billion dollars.
OpenAI had previously invested in another humanoid robot startup called 1X Technologies.
