TECH - Elon Musk Says 'Bring It On' To OpenAI Microsoft And Bezos' $675M Humanoid Robot Venture Pitches Tesla's Optimus As A Challenger | Benzinga
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Friday expressed readiness to take on OpenAI, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Jeff Bezos after they invested $675 million in Figure AI Inc., an AI startup that is working on building "the world's first autonomous humanoid robot."
What Happened: Responding to Figure AI founder Brett Adcock, Musk welcomed the challenge, although his response went unanswered by Adcock.
Bring it on — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 1, 2024
Adcock thinks its humanoid robot powered by AGI is the "ultimate deployment vector."
"If not obvious yet, Figure's humanoid robot is the ultimate deployment vector for AGI.