Compute War Chest: Figure and Hark Secure Full Datacenter of NVIDIA B200s

The hardware race for humanoid supremacy is increasingly being fought in the datacenter. Figure CEO Brett Adcock announced yesterday that the Sunnyvale-based robotics firm and his AI startup, Hark, have secured an "entire data center" of NVIDIA B200 Blackwell GPUs, marking a massive escalation in the company's computational resources.

According to Adcock, Figure will utilize the "every rack in the building" procurement to predict physics, while Hark—the AI venture Adcock funded with $100 million of his own capital—will use the chips to train next-generation multi-modal models.

Scaling Robot Learning

The acquisition of NVIDIA's latest Blackwell architecture suggests Figure is preparing for a significant jump in training intensity. Ryan Wolf, an AI engineer at Figure, noted on X that the team intends to use this compute to scale up robot learning "a few orders of magnitude." This push aligns with the company’s "Software 2.0" strategy, which recently saw Figure delete over 100,000 lines of C++ code in favor of end-to-end neural networks.

By focusing on "predicting physics," Figure likely aims to enhance its world models, allowing the Figure 03 to better simulate and understand complex physical interactions before executing them in the real world. This type of large-scale simulation is critical for the "pixels-to-torque" approach utilized by the Helix 02 architecture, which requires vast amounts of data to master tasks like domestic tidying or industrial package sorting.

High-Profile Interest and Capital Strategy

The announcement followed a visit to Figure HQ by motivational speaker and author Tony Robbins. While the purpose of the visit was not explicitly stated, Robbins has a history of investing in the humanoid sector, having previously backed Ray Kurzweil’s Beyond Imagination.

If Robbins is indeed eyeing an investment, he joins an elite group of backers that recently propelled Figure to a $39 billion valuation. The company is currently in the midst of a massive capital drive, recently assembling a dedicated "Capital Formation" team tasked with raising tens of billions of dollars to fund its manufacturing and compute needs.

The Road to BotQ

This surge in compute power arrives as Figure attempts to transition from research prototypes to high-volume commercial production. The company is currently ramping up operations at its "BotQ" facility, where it aims to eventually produce 50,000 units per year.

As Figure decouples its supply chain from China and moves toward 24/7 "lights-out" autonomous operations in Sunnyvale, the ability to train more robust models faster will be the primary differentiator. With an entire building of B200s now at its disposal, Figure appears to be betting that raw compute will be the key to overcoming the remaining "unseen" challenges of domestic and industrial environments.