SoftBank exits Boston Dynamics for $325M as Hyundai resets the Atlas timeline (startupfortune.com)
The deal isn't a fresh acquisition: Hyundai took 80% back in 2020 for $880M, and SoftBank has now exercised its option to sell the remainder.
A skeptic put the real question plainly: three smart owners — Google, SoftBank, Boston Dynamics — couldn't make Atlas profitable, so what does a carmaker know that they didn't? Another commenter reframed the buy as a demographics play: South Korea's working-age population is projected to fall 25% by 2040.
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