r/technology • u/upyoars • 16h ago

Artificial Intelligence FieldAI, led by Jeff Bezos, raises $405M to build “universal robot brains”

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/fieldai-raises-405m-to-build-universal-robot-brains/
42 Upvotes

76% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

7

u/WendyDumpsterFire 14h ago

So once we replace 🤖, who’s going to have money to spend on Amazon?

5

u/EEcav 12h ago

A billionaire shoveling money into space and ai. I thought these guys were supposed to be original outside the box thinkers or whatever.

2

u/Cautious-Progress876 10h ago

Nope. Best they can do is rehashes of 1970s to 1990s science fiction.

1

u/slizzbizness 4h ago

You'll find most successful tech bros started with $5+ mil in capital and were able to invest pre-ipo in something in the late 90s. It's just right place/right time and lots of money to begin with 

1

u/FreyaVanDenHeuvel 4h ago

If I had a billion dollars I would selectively breed a domesticated pet sized giraffe, invest heavily in making more affordable universities, and hire someone to figure out what happens if you dig a really deep hole into the earth.

2

u/Elementium 13h ago

Whatever man. The sooner our computer overlords see humanity as obsolete the better. 

2

u/Remote_Clue_4272 15h ago

Terminator was just a movie? Or not. What say you? Good grief

1

u/ericdag 11h ago

Murderbot here we come.

1

u/DexterousChunk 15h ago

That's a big nope from me