Asteria invests $1 million in Figure AI, BMW robot supplier
Asteria AI&Robotics Inc., formed a June fund through its wholly owned Texas subsidiary to back unlisted AI and robotics firms in Japan and overseas. Asteria decided to invest $1 million (about 159 million yen) in U.S. humanoid robot startup Figure AI. Figure AI’s Figure 02 robots, powered by its Helix model, have been used at BMW’s Spartanburg plant for production of more than 30,000 automobiles.