Figure AI

Fact sheet

• Founded ~2022↗ Figure AI↗ Figure - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ Figure↗ Figure - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations
• Headquarters: San Jose, California, USA↗ Figure reportedly manufactured its 1,000th humanoid robot in San Jose - RuntimeWire · 2026-07-24↗ Figure AI↗ Figure - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ Figure↗ Figure - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations
• Key products: Figure 01, Figure 02, Figure 03, Helix (AI system)↗ Figure 03 vs Boston Dynamics Atlas (2026) | RoboZaps Blog · 2026-07-16↗ Figure AI↗ Figure - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ Figure↗ Figure - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations
• Total funding: $1.854B↗ Figure AI↗ Figure - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ Figure↗ Figure - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations
• Founder: Brett Adcock↗ Figure reportedly manufactured its 1,000th humanoid robot in San Jose - RuntimeWire · 2026-07-24↗ Figure AI↗ Figure - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ Figure↗ Figure - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations
• Figure 04 (F.04) robot entered pre-production as of July 2026↗ Figure Founder Announces Major Leap as F.04 Robot Enters Pre-Production - xix.ai · 2026-07-18
• Humanoid robots demonstrated autonomous bed-making capability (July 2026)↗ Robots Making Beds! Figure AI's Humanoids Master a Chore Faster Than You! (2026) · 2026-07-18
• Figure AI valuation: ~$39 billion (as referenced by Prime Movers Lab backing)↗ Unitree Beats Western Robot Makers in $9B Shanghai IPO | TechFastForward · 2026-08-08↗ Humanoid raises $152M at $1.35B, becoming the UK's newest robotics unicorn — TFN · 2026-07-21
• Figure and Agility Robotics identified as holding the strongest verified real-world deployment positions among humanoid robot makers as of mid-2026↗ IEEE Humanoids 2026 focuses on factory labor · 2026-07-26↗ Humanoid Robots in 2026: What Is Actually Deployed - Technology Org · 2026-07-18
• Figure 02 deployed at BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina plant for sheet-metal handling and welding preparation tasks↗ Careers at Figure AI: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired | Zero G Talent · 2026-08-02↗ BMW's cutting-edge humanoid AI robot sorts car parts so humans don't have to | Stuff · 2026-07-30↗ Humanoid Robots Now Work 10-Hour Factory Shifts · 2026-07-20
• Manufacturing facility: BotQ, located in San Jose, California↗ Figure Manufactures 1,000th Figure 03 at BotQ Facility · 2026-08-02↗ Figure reportedly manufactured its 1,000th humanoid robot in San Jose - RuntimeWire · 2026-07-24
• Reached production milestone of 1,000th humanoid robot manufactured at BotQ (reported July 2026)↗ Figure Manufactures 1,000th Figure 03 at BotQ Facility · 2026-08-02↗ Figure reportedly manufactured its 1,000th humanoid robot in San Jose - RuntimeWire · 2026-07-24
• Figure 03 has reached human jogging speed, demonstrating swift starts, directional changes, and precise braking (reported July 2026)↗ Figure 03 Humanoid Robot Reaches Human Jogging Speed: The Future of Robotics? (2026) · 2026-07-25
• Humanoid robots achieved 200 hours of continuous non-stop operation, processing 250,000 packages without failure (reported July 2026)↗ 200 Hours of Non-Stop Work: Figure AI's Humanoid Robots Process 250K Packages (2026) · 2026-07-31↗ Figure AI’s Humanoid Robots Work 200 Hours Non-Stop: Processing 250,000 Packages Without Failure! (2026) · 2026-07-24
• Figure AI fields more robots in deployment than it has human employees (reported July 2026)↗ Samsung Launches a Humanoid-Robot Division｜Figure AI Says It Now Fields More Robots Than Humans｜US Marines Adopt an AI Anti-Drone Gun Turret | TheDayAfterAI News · 2026-07-25
• Helix 02 AI system demonstrated autonomous living room cleaning capability (July 2026)↗ This Humanoid Robot Can Clean Your Living Room By Itself | Helix 02 Demo Olivia Culpo (nLQ22yLpm0) · 2026-07-26
• Figure AI robots issued visitor passes granting unrestricted door access across company campus (July 2026)↗ Figure grants robots visitor passes, unlocking full door access across campus - RuntimeWire · 2026-07-27
• U.S. FCC ban on imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots (effective ~July 2026) targets China, creating regulatory tailwind for domestic manufacturers like Figure AI↗ BYD Launches Xiao Di Humanoid as US Bans Chinese Robots | TechFastForward · 2026-08-09↗ U.S. bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security | PBS News · 2026-07-29
• Figure AI humanoid robot demonstrated early-stage vehicle driving capability (reported July 2026)↗ Figure's Humanoid Robot Is Now Learning to Drive, … | RoboHorizon · 2026-07-30
• Partnership with Nike for industrial humanoid robot deployment (announced ~August 2026)↗ Figure AI Nike Partnership Drives Industrial Humanoid Robots | The Enterprise World · 2026-08-03
• Jeff Bezos is among Figure AI's investors↗ Figure AI Nike Partnership Drives Industrial Humanoid Robots | The Enterprise World · 2026-08-03
• Figure 03 demonstrated fully autonomous ladder climbing capability (reported August 2026)↗ Stepping Up: Figure 03 Achieves Autonomous Ladder Climbing, Reigniting the Bipedal Debate | Humanoids Daily · 2026-08-04↗ Figure 03 humanoid tackles autonomous ladder climb in the latest demo · 2026-08-03
• Figure AI subsidiary Hark Labs launched 'Handoff', a browser-use agent claiming top benchmark performance over ChatGPT 5.4 and Opus 4.8 (reported August 2026)↗ conduit-telepathy-hark-handoff-browser-agent-ai-talent-moves-august-2026 · 2026-08-05

Connections

• Agility Robotics — Agility Robotics is identified alongside Figure AI as one of the two companies with the strongest verified real-world humanoid robot deployment positions as of mid-2026.↗ Humanoid Robots in 2026: What Is Actually Deployed - Technology Org
• Boston Dynamics — Figure AI's Figure 03 humanoid robot is compared as a direct competitor to Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot in the general-purpose humanoid robotics market.↗ Figure 03 vs Boston Dynamics Atlas (2026) | RoboZaps Blog
• Unitree Robotics — Unitree's $9B public IPO valuation serves as a market benchmark against Figure AI's $39B private valuation in the humanoid robotics sector.↗ Unitree Beats Western Robot Makers in $9B Shanghai IPO | TechFastForward
• World Labs — World Labs' LWM-based deployment pipeline is used for humanoid and bipedal robot logistics and assembly with Figure AI.↗ Physical AI's growth expected to explode | Smart Industry

Recent developments

• BMW Group Plant Spartanburg continues to intensify its use of Physical AI, connecting digital AI with real machines, with humanoid robots from Figure AI active in the facility.

  Read more ↗top1brand.top1index-top1list.com10 Aug

• Linked to Unitree Robotics: Unitree's $9B public IPO valuation serves as a market benchmark against Figure AI's $39B private valuation in the humanoid robotics sector.

  Read more ↗techfastforward.com8 Aug

• BYD unveiled 'Xiao Di', its first service humanoid robot, at its Di Space showroom in Zhengzhou in early August 2026, making BYD the world's largest automaker to enter the humanoid robot market — a sector where Figure AI is a named competitor.

  Read more ↗techfastforward.com9 Aug

• Unitree priced its Shanghai IPO at 150.8 yuan per share, raising 6.1 billion yuan (~$904M) at a $9 billion valuation — 45% above forecast — becoming the first pure-play public humanoid robot company, giving the market a public benchmark to compare against Figure AI's $39 billion private valuation.

  Read more ↗techfastforward.com8 Aug

• Figure AI's Hark Labs shipped 'Handoff', a browser-use agent that claims top benchmark scores over ChatGPT 5.4 and Opus 4.8, marking a notable expansion into agentic software tooling.

  Read more ↗explainx.ai5 Aug

• Figure CEO Brett Adcock shared video evidence of Figure 03 autonomously climbing a ladder in a laboratory setting, using the milestone to argue for bipedal robot designs over wheeled alternatives.

  Read more ↗humanoidsdaily.com4 Aug

• Figure AI's Figure 03 humanoid robot demonstrated fully autonomous ladder climbing, with founder Brett Adcock sharing footage on X showing the robot ascending without visible human assistance.

  Read more ↗interestingengineering.com3 Aug

• A careers overview article notes Figure AI filed incorporation papers in Delaware approximately three years ago and now has a humanoid prototype operating at a BMW body shop, reflecting the company's growth from founding to real-world industrial deployment.

  Read more ↗zerogtalent.com2 Aug

• Figure AI's BotQ facility in San Jose manufactured its 1,000th Figure 03 humanoid robot, a milestone announced by CEO Brett Adcock on July 23, 2026, with the unit receiving a commemorative golden finish.

  Read more ↗theroboticsmedia.com2 Aug

• Figure AI has entered a partnership with Nike, signaling growing enterprise adoption of humanoid robots in industrial settings. The deal further underscores investor and commercial momentum behind Figure AI's deployments.

  Read more ↗theenterpriseworld.com3 Aug

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