2025-05-22
New York Times
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Sources: OpenAI owned a 23% stake in io from a 2024 deal, so it is now paying ~$5B to fully acquire it; the OpenAI Startup Fund also invested in io in 2024
OpenAI buys Ive's “io” in San Francisco as Google holds their i/o conference down in mountain view right at this moment (also apple stock dropped ~2 percent this morning on the acquisition news) Ben N...
2023-03-26
Wired
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Norway-based 1X, which is developing humanoid robots, raised a $23.5M Series A2 led by the OpenAI Startup Fund with participation from Tiger Global and others
Autonomous machines are still too clumsy for delicate tasks. But humans can operate mechanical arms from afar, turning physical labor into remote work.
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