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Figure AI, Inc. is a US robotics company building general-purpose humanoid robots and the in-house AI that runs them. Its current platform, Figure 03, is produced at the company's own BotQ factory and has been deployed with BMW Manufacturing and retail group Catalyst Brands. Figure raised more than $1 billion in a Series C at a $39 billion post-money valuation in September 2025 and remains private.
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- San JoseUnited States
- Total funding
- $1.7B
- Valuation
- $39B
- Products
- 6
- Our coverage
- 103stories
Figure 03 
Figure Inks Commercial Deal with Catalyst Brands for Large-Scale Humanoid Deployment 
Live Now: Figure 03 Hits Blistering 2.6-Second Throughput in 8-Hour Unedited Shift 
24x Throughput: Figure Scales Manufacturing to One Robot Per Hour 
Living Room Ready: Watch How Figure 03 Tackles Domestic Tidying with Helix 02 
From Pixels to Torque: Figure Unveils Helix 02 and the Era of Whole-Body Autonomy 
Autonomy vs. Teleop: Brett Adcock Defends Figure 03 Amidst "Smoking Gun" Skepticism
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What the company builds
Figure AI, Inc. develops general-purpose bipedal humanoid robots and the learning system that controls them. Three hardware generations have appeared since the company was founded in 2022: F.01, which took its first steps in May 2023; F.02, which integrated the battery into the torso and improved hand dexterity; and F.03, which the company says was reworked for home environments with a softer exterior and a more compact build. Figure develops its robot intelligence in-house. In February 2025 CEO Brett Adcock said he had decided to leave the collaboration agreement Figure signed with OpenAI a year earlier, citing an internal breakthrough on end-to-end robot AI. The company's vision-language-action stack, Helix, reached its second generation on 27 January 2026: Helix 02 introduces a learned whole-body controller Figure calls System 0 and drives walking, balance and manipulation from a single network, demonstrated in a four-minute autonomous dishwasher unload-and-reload.
On 17 September 2026, Figure introduced Helix 2.5, a whole-body robot learning system pretrained on Index, its dataset of human behavior. Figure adapted the shared foundation model to bed making, towel folding and tidying toys, then evaluated the behaviors across 30 previously unseen Bay Area homes. The company reported 237 successful full-task trials out of 420, about 56%. Its “zero-shot” claim refers to unfamiliar homes and manipulated objects: the chores were learned through task-specific training elsewhere, with no adaptation in the evaluation homes. These company-run results demonstrate transfer to new settings, rather than dependable completion of arbitrary household work.
Manufacturing
Figure brought assembly in-house with BotQ, announced in 2025 with a first-generation line the company said could build up to 12,000 robots a year. In an update dated 29 April 2026, Figure said BotQ had delivered more than 350 third-generation robots and had raised throughput from one Figure 03 per day to one per hour. We subsequently reported the 1,000th F.03 coming off the line in July 2026, and Adcock's stated plan to remove Chinese suppliers from the bill of materials.
Deployments and demonstrations
The reference deployment remains BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, where an F.02 fleet worked sheet-metal loading before being retired; We reported in June 2026 that F.03 returned to the plant for logistics sequencing. Figure has also announced a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands — the JCPenney and SPARC combination — beginning at a Reno, Nevada distribution centre. In May 2026 the company ran an unedited livestream of F.03 units sorting packages that tracked past 200 hours and roughly 250,000 packages.
Capital and exposure
Figure raised $675 million in a Series B in February 2024 at a $2.6 billion post-money valuation, with Microsoft, the OpenAI Startup Fund, Nvidia, Bezos Expeditions, Parkway Venture Capital and Intel Capital participating. In September 2025 it said it had exceeded $1 billion in committed capital in a Series C at a $39 billion post-money valuation, led by Parkway with Brookfield Asset Management, Nvidia, Macquarie Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, Tamarack Global, LG Technology Ventures, Salesforce, T-Mobile Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. The company remains private and has not filed for an IPO. In November 2025 its former principal robotic safety engineer, Robert Gruendel, sued in the Northern District of California alleging he was fired after warning executives about robot impact forces; Figure said he was terminated for poor performance.
Position
Figure is among the most heavily capitalised Western humanoid developers, competing with Tesla, Agility Robotics, Apptronik and 1X on deployments, and with Chinese volume manufacturers such as Unitree and AGIBOT on unit output. Adcock, who co-founded Archer Aviation and Vettery, has also started a separate AI hardware company, Hark, while remaining Figure's CEO.
Robots & products
A selection of the company's announced products, not a complete catalogue.
Figure 03 →
Commercially availableBipedal humanoid
Third-generation humanoid, reworked with a softer exterior for home environments and built in volume at the BotQ factory for both home and commercial deployment.
- Height
- 168 cm· 5 ft 6 in
- Weight
- 60 kg· 132 lb
- Payload
- 20 kg· 44 lb
- DoF
- 30
- Runtime
- 5 h
- Top speed
- 1.2 m/s· 2.7 mph
Figure 02 →
Pilot deploymentBipedal humanoid
Second-generation humanoid with a streamlined design, improved hand dexterity and the battery integrated into the torso; used in the BMW Spartanburg pilot.
- Height
- 169 cm· 5 ft 7 in
- Weight
- 70 kg· 154 lb
- Payload
- 25 kg· 55 lb
- DoF
- 28
- Runtime
- 5 h
- Top speed
- 1.4 m/s· 3.1 mph
Figure 01 →
PrototypeBipedal humanoid
Figure's first-generation general-purpose bipedal humanoid, which took its first steps in May 2023.
- Height
- 168 cm· 5 ft 6 in
- Weight
- 60 kg· 132 lb
- Payload
- 20 kg· 44 lb
- DoF
- 40
- Runtime
- 5 h
- Top speed
- 1.2 m/s· 2.7 mph
Helix 02
Commercially availableAI model · announced January 2026
Whole-body vision-language-action system that drives walking, balance and manipulation from a single network via a learned low-level controller Figure calls System 0.
Helix
Commercially availableAI model
Figure's in-house vision-language-action model for humanoid control, initially covering upper-body manipulation.
Helix 2.5
AnnouncedAI model · announced September 2026
Index-pretrained whole-body robot learning system demonstrated on bed making, towel folding and toy tidying across 30 previously unseen homes.
Funding
$1.7B raised| Round | Date | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | September 2025 | $1B | $39B | Parkway Venture Capital |
| Series B | February 2024 | $675M | $2.6B | — |
| Series A | — | $70M | — | — |
Timeline
Releases Figure 02 decommissioning film with Arnold Schwarzenegger
The "F.02 Decommission" video shows retired Figure 02 units melted in a 75-ton electric arc furnace in Finland, complete with a Terminator-style thumbs-up.
Figure Melts Figure 02 With Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Terminator-Style SendoffHelix 2.5 completes chores in 30 unseen homes at 56% success
Figure's Index-pretrained policies finished 237 of 420 full-task trials across bed making, towel folding and toy tidying in 30 rented Bay Area homes, versus about 8% for a non-pretrained baseline.
Figure’s Helix 2.5 Takes on Chores in 30 Unseen HomesIndex crowdsourcing platform passes 69,000 weekly active users
Two weeks after launch, Brett Adcock reported 69,943 weekly active users for the week ending September 4, 2026, with contributors uploading 35 minutes of first-person video per second to train the Helix model.
Figure AI Reports Rapid Growth for Index, Surpassing 69,000 Weekly Active UsersSigns multi-billion-dollar compute deal with Nscale for 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs
Figure committed an initial $3.5 billion, with plans to exceed $6 billion, for up to 100,000 Vera Rubin GPUs at Nscale's Barstow, Texas facility starting in H2 2027, and Nscale took a strategic equity stake in Figure.
Figure Inks Multi-Billion-Dollar Compute Deal With Nscale to Deploy 100,000 Next-Gen NVIDIA GPUsLaunches Index crowdsourced human video data platform
Exiting stealth after four months as Project Go-Big, Index has gathered 16 million video uploads across 108 countries from 44,000+ weekly users to train Helix, with $15 million already paid to contributors and over $1 billion committed to data and compute over the next 12 months.
Figure AI Unveils Index: Crowdsourcing Real-World Human Video to Train HelixManufactures 1,000th Figure 03 humanoid at BotQ
CEO Brett Adcock announced the milestone with a commemorative gold-finished unit, up from over 350 units in late April 2026, against a target of 50,000 annually.
A Golden Milestone: Figure Manufactures Its 1,000th Figure 03 HumanoidCommercial agreement signed with Catalyst Brands
Figure will deploy humanoids at scale in Catalyst's retail distribution network, starting in Reno, Nevada.
Figure Inks Commercial Deal with Catalyst Brands for Large-Scale Humanoid Deployment200-hour autonomous sorting livestream ends
Figure 03 units ran a package-sorting line continuously for 200 hours, processing close to 250,000 packages, in an unedited public broadcast.
Figure AI Pops Champagne as Autonomous Marathon Crosses 200 Hours Without Hardware FailureBotQ reaches one Figure 03 per hour
Figure said it had delivered more than 350 third-generation robots and lifted throughput from one per day to one per hour.
24x Throughput: Figure Scales Manufacturing to One Robot Per HourHelix 02 brings whole-body autonomy
A single neural system controls walking, balance and manipulation from pixels, demonstrated on a four-minute autonomous dishwasher task.
From Pixels to Torque: Figure Unveils Helix 02 and the Era of Whole-Body AutonomyFormer safety engineer files whistleblower suit against Figure
Robert Gruendel alleged in the Northern District of California that he was fired after warning executives the robots could fracture a human skull; Figure said he was terminated for poor performance.
Ex-Safety Head Sues Figure AI, Alleging Retaliation Over "Skull-Fracturing" Robot RisksFigure 03 unveiled, built for mass production and the home
The third generation was designed around BotQ manufacturing and domestic use, with softer surfaces, wireless charging and a redesigned hand.
Figure Unveils Figure 03, a Humanoid Robot Designed for Mass Production and the HomeSeries C exceeds $1B at a $39B post-money valuation
Parkway Venture Capital led, with Brookfield, Nvidia, Macquarie Capital, Intel Capital, Salesforce, Qualcomm Ventures and others participating.
Figure AI Secures Over $1B to Accelerate Humanoid Robot RolloutFigure unveils BotQ in-house humanoid factory
The company said BotQ's first-generation line would be capable of building up to 12,000 robots a year, bringing manufacturing in-house.
therobotreport.com ↗Headquarters moves from Sunnyvale to San Jose
Figure leased a 98,700-square-foot flex building at 3960 North First Street, roughly quadrupling its office and manufacturing footprint.
therealdeal.com ↗Helix unveiled, Figure's in-house control model
The vision-language-action model replaced the OpenAI collaboration and became the basis of everything Figure has shipped since; the launch video travelled widely beyond the robotics audience.
youtube.com ↗Figure ends its collaboration agreement with OpenAI
Brett Adcock said Figure had made a breakthrough on fully end-to-end robot AI built in-house and would no longer work with OpenAI.
x.com ↗Figure 02 revealed as the second-generation humanoid
The second generation added onboard vision-language reasoning, integrated wiring and a redesigned hand.
prnewswire.com ↗Figure raises $675M Series B and signs OpenAI collaboration
The round valued Figure at $2.6 billion post-money and included Microsoft, the OpenAI Startup Fund, Nvidia and Bezos Expeditions, with Azure named as AI infrastructure.
prnewswire.com ↗Figure 01 unveiled as the company leaves stealth
Figure came out of stealth with Figure 01, its first humanoid, pitched at supply-chain and warehouse work.
prnewswire.com ↗Figure AI is founded
Figure AI is founded by Brett Adcock
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Figure’s Humanoid Has Walked 348 Miles on a Treadmill—and It’s Still Going
Brett Adcock says Figure 03 has covered 348 miles in a treadmill stress test that began as a side project to expose failures—and is still running.
Nvidia Has Discussed Another $1 Billion Investment in Figure, The Information Reports
The reported talks come as Figure pursues its multibillion-dollar Nscale compute agreement and Index training-data project. No completed deal has been established.
Figure Melts Figure 02 With Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Terminator-Style Sendoff
Figure’s farewell film takes its retired humanoids to a furnace in Finland, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a final thumbs-up and bonus jumps into the molten metal.
Figure’s Multibillion-Dollar Compute Deal Meets Nscale’s Data-Center Buildout Challenge
New reporting highlights the financing and construction behind Nscale’s expansion, adding context to Figure’s future GPU capacity without establishing a delay to its deal.
Hasta La Vista, Figure 02: Adcock Teases a Terminator-Style Sendoff
An AI-generated teaser points to September 30 after Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested melting Figure’s retired robots—overruling, perhaps, a poll that favored blowing them up.
Figure Joins NVIDIA’s Open Agent Safety Platform as Humanoid Deployment Approaches
Figure backs NVIDIA’s agent-safety initiative, while Gecko’s CEO outlines inspection robots working within human-set limits. How the platform will be integrated into Figure’s robots remains undisclosed.
Brett Adcock Says Humanoids Will Need More Data and Compute Than LLMs
Sharing Humanoids Daily’s interview clip, Figure’s CEO expands his four-stage roadmap and predicts hundreds of billions in spending to scale robot intelligence and manufacturing.
Brett Adcock Says Figure 04 Will Be Figure’s Biggest Hardware Leap
On RoboStrategy, Figure’s CEO outlines four chapters for humanoid robotics, explains the limits of Helix 2.5 and teases a major Figure 04 redesign.
Figure’s Helix 2.5 Takes on Chores in 30 Unseen Homes
Figure reports 56% full-task success for Helix 2.5 across 30 unfamiliar homes, testing whether human-data pretraining transfers to household chores.
Brett Adcock’s vehicle clip echoes Figure 03’s delivery demo
A short clip of a Figure robot stepping out of a vehicle recalls its earlier parcel-delivery footage, but no delivery service has been announced in the post.
Figure AI Reports Rapid Growth for Index, Surpassing 69,000 Weekly Active Users
Two weeks after emerging from stealth, Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock shared growth metrics for Index, reporting nearly 70,000 weekly active users uploading 35 minutes of human interaction video every second.
Figure Inks Multi-Billion-Dollar Compute Deal With Nscale to Deploy 100,000 Next-Gen NVIDIA GPUs
Figure AI has partnered with cloud infrastructure provider Nscale to deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, committing an initial $3.5 billion to train its Helix robotics models.
Sam Altman Confirms OpenAI "Will Definitely Do a Humanoid"
In an appearance on the Sources podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unequivocally confirmed that the AI lab will build humanoid robots alongside specialized data center machines.
Figure AI Unveils Index: Crowdsourcing Real-World Human Video to Train Helix
Figure AI has exited stealth on Index, a crowdsourced data-collection platform that has gathered over 16 million video uploads across 108 countries to train its Helix neural network.
Figure AI Demonstrates 15-Foot Autonomous Ladder Ascent and Descent for Industrial Mezzanines
Figure CEO Brett Adcock shared video of a Figure 03 humanoid autonomously climbing up and down a 15-foot ladder, confirming the vertical locomotion milestone maps directly to an active customer use case.
Figure CEO Brett Adcock Claims Humanoids Are Already Delivering ROI Amid Severe Labor Shortages
In a recent podcast appearance, Figure founder Brett Adcock pushed back against humanoid hype, arguing that the true bottleneck is onboard intelligence, not hardware manufacturing, and claiming early customers are already seeing a real-world return on investment.
The Great Dexterity Divide: Why Robotics Leaders Are Warring Over Tendon vs. Direct-Drive Hands
Figure CEO Brett Adcock dismissed tendon-driven hands as a "complete local maximum," igniting a fierce debate with Foundation over friction, force, and the future of humanoid manipulation.
Stepping Up: Figure 03 Achieves Autonomous Ladder Climbing, Reigniting the Bipedal Debate
Figure CEO Brett Adcock has revealed footage of the Figure 03 autonomously climbing a ladder, a milestone he used to declare wheeled robots an "utter dead end."
A Golden Milestone: Figure Manufactures Its 1,000th Figure 03 Humanoid
Figure CEO Brett Adcock announces the production of the 1,000th Figure 03 robot at the company’s BotQ facility, celebrating the milestone with a C-3PO-inspired golden humanoid.
Back to Spartanburg: Figure 03 Deploys at BMW for Complex Logistics Sequencing
Following the retirement of its second-generation fleet, Figure returns to BMW’s South Carolina plant with Figure 03 to tackle complex material sorting and sequencing tasks.
Figure Completes $100 Million Employee Tender Offer as Robotics Talent War Intensifies
Figure CEO Brett Adcock announced a massive secondary liquidity event for employees, sparking an industry-wide debate on compensation, equity risk, and corporate milestones in the humanoid robotics sector.
Figure Inks Commercial Deal with Catalyst Brands for Large-Scale Humanoid Deployment
The $39 billion robotics startup is taking its humanoid fleet to a major retail distribution center in Reno, marking the first commercial bridge with a portfolio company of mutual investor Brookfield.
Figure AI Pops Champagne as Autonomous Marathon Crosses 200 Hours Without Hardware Failure
What started as a modest 8-hour challenge just transformed into an unprecedented 200-hour endurance flex. Here is how Brett Adcock’s multi-day robotics marathon finally ended (with bubbly, of course).
Man vs. Machine: Figure AI Intern Edges Out Humanoid Fleet in 10-Hour Sorting Challenge
Figure AI pitted a human intern against its Figure 03 autonomous humanoid fleet in a head-to-head package sorting trial. While humanity secured a narrow victory, the machine fleet proved its real value through unbroken persistence.
Sources
- Figure· checked August 23, 2026
- Figure AI· checked August 23, 2026
- Figure Exceeds $1B in Series C Funding at $39B Post-Money Valuation· checked August 23, 2026
- Figure (@Figure_robot) / X· checked August 23, 2026
- Company | Figure· checked August 23, 2026
- Introducing Helix 02: Full-Body Autonomy· checked August 23, 2026