SoftBank negotiating $500M funding for AI robotics.

SoftBank is negotiating to lead a $500 million investment in Skild AI, valuing the robotics software startup at $4 billion.

So check it out! SoftBank Group is eyeing a whopping $500 million funding round for Skild AI, the startup that's trying to put the "robot" back in robotics software! They're looking at a valuation of $4 billion—way up from last year's $1.5 billion after securing big names like Jeff Bezos and Lightspeed. It's all about that sweet intersection of AI and robotics, my friend.

Skild, founded by some brainiacs from Carnegie Mellon, is on a mission to make robots do some serious heavy lifting. SoftBank is all in on the AI game, planning to dump $19 billion into U.S. AI infrastructure. And just to kick it up a notch, they’re looking at investing $100 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. With this kind of cash flow, Skild's future is looking brighter than a spotlight on a comedy stage!

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