**Microsoft and OpenAI are in talks to invest up to $500 million in Figure AI’s humanoid robot development, potentially valuing the startup at $1.9 billion.** This high-impact deal underscores escalating Big Tech commitments to AI robotics amid surging compute demands.[2][1]

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