PANews reported on April 23 that according to CoinDesk, Rice Robotics and the dog-themed blockchain project FLOKI will jointly launch the Floki brand AI companion robot Minibot M1, which runs on the RICE AI platform. FLOKI will support the company's advancement of blockchain technology, and with the support of the FLOKI community, gradually realize the tokenization of its brand and AI data market through TokenFi (a sister project of FLOKI focused on tokenizing real-world assets).
RICE AI is a robot brand with well-known customers including Nvidia, SoftBank, Dubai Future Foundation, Mitsui Real Estate, Japanese NTT, and 7-Eleven. Earlier this year, the company raised over $7 million in a Pre-Series A funding round, with investors including Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, Soul Capital, and Audacy Ventures.