SoftBank to invest $ 500 million in Robotic Skildai startups

SoftBank is negotiating an investment of $ 500 million in Skild AIA software company that builds a fundamental model for robotics with an assessment of $ 4 billion, Bloomberg and Financial Times reported.

The two -year company raised its previous financing round of $ 300 million with an assessment of $ 1.5 billion last July such as Jeff Bezos, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Coatue Management.

The company’s AI model can be applied to various types of robots, they told Techcrunk in July last July. They said that the generalized model can be modified for a specific domain and a case of use.

The intersection of robotics and AI has witnessed a substantial interest of investors.

During the last year, investors, particularly Bezos, have increased their funds to robotics companies with AI.

Physical intelligence, a startup that raised $ 400 million With an assessment prior to the money of $ 2 billion in November, it is another startup that claims to develop “brains” for a wide range of robots. Jeff Bezos, Lux Capital and Thrive Capital led that round.

Last February, Figure AI, a startup that built a humanoid robot with AI, raised $ 675 million at an assessment of $ 2.6 billion of Microsoft, Openai Startup Fund, Nvidia, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Jeff Bezos (through Bezos expeditions).