Figure AI
Figure
Figure AI is a humanoid robotics company founded in 2022 by Brett Adcock , positioning itself as the builder of "the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot" . The company has pursued a strategy of integrating multimodal AI large models with embodied hardware from the outset, and after receiving OpenAI investment in March 2023, rapidly demonstrated technical breakthroughs by leveraging OpenAI's multimodal capabilities on its first prototype, Figure 01 .
The company has attracted backing from a notable roster of investors including OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Jeff Bezos, raising $675 million in one round and achieving a $2.2 billion valuation after a $750 million financing in 2023 . Its commercial traction includes a partnership with BMW to deploy humanoid robots in automotive manufacturing, beginning at BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina plant .
In early 2025, Figure made a significant strategic shift by terminating its collaboration with OpenAI and unveiling Helix, its own general-purpose vision-language-action (VLA) model designed for embodied intelligence . Founder Brett Adcock announced plans to begin Alpha testing of home robotics applications in 2025, citing faster-than-expected progress on Helix AI , though as of April 2025 reporting, the company's robots remained limited to factory environments with household commercialization still distant .
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