Beyond Imagination, Ray Kurzweil’s humanoid robots firm, is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $100 million in Series B funding, with Gauntlet Ventures as the sole investor. According to a statement made on Tuesday, the company’s latest investment round is expected to be worth $500 million. The company, co-founded by AI futurist Kurzweil and scientist-entrepreneur Harry Kloor, seeks to reinvent manufacturing through humanoid robotics and AI integration.
Kurzweil, well known for his prediction of “the singularity” — a future point when artificial intelligence outperforms human intelligence — is witnessing his once-theoretical vision becoming more realistic. His company’s flagship creation, the Beyond Bot, is intended for use in complicated industrial contexts such as chip manufacturing facilities, pharmaceutical plants, and other factory settings.
According to Oliver Carmack, co-founder of Gauntlet Ventures, the business supported Beyond Imagination because of its ability to address the rising worldwide scarcity of trained labour while modernising US industry. While prominent companies such as Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla are developing humanoid robots, practical applications have encountered challenges due to AI’s existing limits in interpreting the physical world.
Beyond Imagination also develops Aura, an AI-powered universal operating system designed to enable seamless communication among robots, people, and legacy systems in manufacturing ecosystems.
