According to PANews, humanoid robot AI company Figure announced that it has raised $675 million with a valuation of $2.6 billion. Investors include Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, Nvidia, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures and ARK Invest. At the same time, OpenAI signed a cooperation agreement with Figure to jointly develop the next generation of AI models. Figure will use Microsoft Azure as its AI infrastructure, training and storage platform, and plans to expand its engineering team in 2024.