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Figure AI
Type: Company
Domain: Robotics
Founded: [Date unknown]
Status: Active (production deployment)
Valuation: $39B (as of April 2026)
Overview
Figure AI is a humanoid robotics company focused on general-purpose manipulation for industrial and consumer applications. The company has progressed from prototype (Figure 02) through industrial deployment (BMW) to production-ready systems (Figure 03).
Key Products
- Figure 02: Retired after BMW deployment pilot
- Figure 03: Released October 2025, purpose-built for home and mass manufacturing applications
Manufacturing
- BotQ facility: 12,000 units/year capacity, scaling to 100,000 units/year
- Production approach: robots building robots (atoms-to-bits manufacturing flywheel)
Investors
- Microsoft
- OpenAI
- NVIDIA
Deployments
- BMW (industrial manufacturing pilot with Figure 02, ongoing with Figure 03)
Timeline
- 2025-10 — Figure 03 released: purpose-built for home and mass manufacturing
- 2026-04 — Valued at $39B with backing from Microsoft, OpenAI, and NVIDIA; BotQ facility operational at 12,000 units/year capacity scaling to 100,000