TechCrunch reports that Theker, a physical AI startup, has raised $85 million to build factory robots designed to be reconfigured for different tasks rather than optimized for a single fixed function. The funding puts Theker in contrast with companies like Boston Dynamics, whose humanoid robots are built around a specific physical form. Theker's approach bets that hardware flexibility — the ability to adapt a robot's physical configuration to different jobs — will be more valuable on factory floors than purpose-built machines. The round arrives as physical AI draws growing investment: Bezos's Prometheus raised $12 billion last week for an artificial general engineer focused on heavy engineering and drug design. Details about investors and valuation were not disclosed in initial reporting.