Hyundai to buy SoftBank's remaining stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 mln, newspaper says
Hyundai Motor Group plans to acquire SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, making the U.S. robotics firm a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal comes as Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot reaches production.
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Full ownership gives Hyundai unencumbered control over Boston Dynamics just as Atlas moves from demo videos to actual production, letting the automaker steer the humanoid directly toward its own factory floors. The $325 million price tag values the remaining stake at roughly $3.4 billion for the whole company, a notable markdown from the figures floated during SoftBank's earlier involvement. Watch whether Hyundai deploys Atlas in its own plants first, which would turn the robot into a captive showcase rather than a product sold broadly to competitors.
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