Hyundai Completes Purchase of That Terrifying Robot Dog Company

 


The deal described below has been finalized, and Hyundai has completed its acquisition of Boston Dynamics. Hyundai owns 80 percent of the company, while a 20 percent stake is retained by "one of [the company's] affiliates. "

 

Hyundai Motor Company inked a $1.1 billion deal to acquire a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics, the robotics company you probably know as the maker of those unsettling four-legged robots that terrify and delight YouTube browsers. (And which you can buy for just shy of $75,000—or more for enterprise versions.) Those quadrupeds as a whole likely have little to do with Hyundai Motor's automotive aspirations, but you can bet the automaker is after the robots' software.


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