SoftBank Wants to Buy OpenAI’s Humanoid Robot for $6 Billion 🤖** #robots #china

SoftBank is reportedly in talks to buy a majority stake in 1X Technologies — the humanoid robotics startup backed by OpenAI. The reported valuation? **$6 billion.** OpenAI invested in 1X in 2023. Now SoftBank is pushing deeper into robotics, after also agreeing to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.4 billion. This could be about much more than one robot company. It could be about who controls the machines that will work alongside humans. **$6 billion for a humanoid robotics startup. Smart bet — or AI hype?** What do you think? #AIOpenAISoftBankRoboticsHumanoidRobotsArtificialIntelligenceTech1X