Amazon (AMZN) and billionaire Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani have taken part in the latest funding round for German startup Neura Robotics, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Al Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family, recently became a shareholder in Neura Robotics via a unit of his holding company, Prime Capital SA, the report said.
Neura Robotics is aiming to raise about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in a funding round that could value the company at roughly 4 billion euros, as it pursues the development an artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot, according to the report.
Neither Amazon nor Neura immediately responded to MT Newswires' request for comment.
Shares of Amazon fell over 1% in Tuesday trading.
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