Floki collaborates with SoftBank partner Rice Robotics to jointly launch the Floki brand AI companion robot Minibot M1

according to CoinDesk, Rice Robotics will jointly launch the Floki-branded AI companion robot Minibot M1 with the dog-themed blockchain project Floki, which operates on the RICE AI platform. Floki will support the company's advancement of blockchain technology, gradually realizing the tokenization of its brand and AI data market through TokenFi (a sister project of Floki focused on the tokenization of real-world assets) with the support of the Floki community.

RICE AI is a robotics brand with well-known clients such as Nvidia, SoftBank, Dubai Future Foundation, Mitsui Fudosan, Japan's 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.