ARK Invest 投資 Apptronik 4.03 億美元推動人形機器人創新




ARK Invest參與Apptronik 4.03億美元的融資

ARK Invest參與了Apptronik的4.03億美元A輪融資,與梅賽德斯-賓士、谷歌和日本郵政資本一同資助這家專注於人形機器人的公司。

ARK Invest是一家友好的加密貨幣投資公司,最近參與了位於德克薩斯州的Apptronik的A輪融資。Apptronik於3月18日宣布成功完成超額認購的4.03億美元A輪融資,並在2月份披露的3.5億美元融資基礎上增加了5300萬美元。

在投資Apptronik的A輪融資後,ARK讓投資者可以通過其ARK風險基金(ARKVX)接觸到這家公司,該基金專注於“顛覆性創新”。

梅賽德斯-賓士、谷歌等成為投資者

這輪融資由加州的B Capital和德克薩斯州的Capital Factory主導,原始的3.5億美元A輪融資還包括科技巨頭谷歌的參與。最新的融資還吸引了德國汽車巨頭梅賽德斯-賓士、早期科技投資者日本郵政資本、Ryder System的企業風險投資部門RyderVentures,以及由韓國投資夥伴領導的聯盟。

Apptronik的超額認購融資反映了市場對具身人工智能的強勁需求和投資者的信心,這種技術是將人工智能整合到物理系統中的一種形式。

Apptronik的願景:人類與機器的結合

成立於2016年的Apptronik是一家機器人公司,源自德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校的人本機器人實驗室,旨在推動下一代機器人的發展。該公司表示已開發出15個機器人系統,包括NASA的Valkyrie人形機器人,最近推出了名為Apollo的工業用AI驅動人形機器人。

Apptronik的網站上寫道:“我們相信,推動人類進入下一個進化階段的不是人類對抗機器,而是人類與機器的結合。”

根據TechCrunch的報導,Apptronik的人形機器人研究可以追溯到2013年,當時奧斯汀大學的人本機器人實驗室參加了NASA-DARPA機器人挑戰賽,專注於名為Valkyrie的人形機器人。谷歌的AI部門DeepMind也與Apptronik合作,為其雙足機器人提供具身AI技術。

ARK Invest對Apptronik的投資進一步強化了該公司對創新和技術的承諾,因為該公司的名稱縮寫本身就代表“主動研究知識”。

除了Apptronik,ARK還支持了許多AI平台,包括Anthropic、OpenAI、Groq等。據報導,ARK在2024年10月同意在OpenAI的融資輪中至少投資2.5億美元,使該AI公司成為ARK風險基金的第三大持股,佔其總資產的5%。

截至2月28日,埃隆·馬斯克的太空科技公司SpaceX在該基金中佔據最大份額,比例約為16%。

評論

這筆巨額融資不僅顯示了投資者對人形機器人技術的信心,也反映出市場對未來人工智能和機器人技術的期望。隨著技術的進步,機器人不再僅僅是工廠的工具,而是逐漸成為人類生活和工作的合作夥伴。Apptronik的願景“人類與機器的結合”恰好抓住了這一趨勢,未來的發展將會如何影響我們的工作方式和生活方式,值得我們持續關注。

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