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Units Shipped (Figure 03)
350+
Through May 2026, 24x throughput in 120 days
Valuation
$39B
15x in 18mo
BotQ Initial Capacity
12,000/yr
Targeting 100,000/yr
BMW Cars Assisted
30,000+
Spartanburg X3 production
Total raised: ~$2.7B · Latest valuation: $39B
| Round | Date | Amount | Valuation | Key Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | May 2023 | $70M | — | Parkway VCAliya CapitalBold Capital |
| Series B | Feb 2024 | $675M | $2.6B | MicrosoftOpenAI Startup FundNVIDIAJeff Bezos (Explore Investments)+4 more |
| Series C | Sep 2025 | $1B+ | $39B (post-money) | Parkway Venture Capital (lead)Brookfield Asset ManagementNVIDIAMacquarie Capital+7 more |
| Spec | Figure 02 (legacy) | Figure 03 (current) |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Industrial humanoid | Home/general-purpose humanoid |
| Height | ~5'6" (167cm) | ~5'8" (173cm) |
| Weight | ~70kg | ~61kg (9% lighter) |
| Payload | 20kg | 20kg |
| Battery | ~5 hr runtime | 5 hr, wireless charging |
| Actuators | Standard | 2x faster vs Figure 02 |
| AI | Helix VLA (onboard) | Helix VLA (onboard) |
| Mobility | Bipedal | Bipedal |
| Target Price | — | ~$20K (consumer target) |
| Status | Retired from new shipments | In BotQ production |
Spartanburg pilot completed: 30,000+ X3s assisted, 10-hour shifts, 5 days/week. Evaluating Figure 03 for further deployment.
Series B & C; GPU infrastructure for training/simulation
Series B participant
Series C participant; access to global real estate data for home robotics training
Series C participant
Series C participant via Qualcomm Ventures
Series B & C
Brett Adcock founds Figure AI in Sunnyvale, CA
First humanoid robot prototype demonstrated
Major round at $2.6B with Microsoft, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, Intel Capital
Figure 01 conversational demo using OpenAI models goes viral
Second-generation humanoid replacing Figure 01
Figure ends OpenAI collaboration; pivots fully to in-house Helix VLA
First in-house Vision-Language-Action model running onboard embedded GPUs
Dedicated humanoid manufacturing facility opens with 12,000 unit/yr initial capacity
15x valuation increase in 18 months, led by Parkway VC and Brookfield
Figure 02 contributes to 30,000 BMW X3s, 10-hour shifts, 5 days/week, ~10 months
Third-generation humanoid optimized for the home, 5'8", 61kg, 20kg payload, 5hr battery, $20K target
BotQ scales from 1 robot/day to 1 robot/hour; 350+ Figure 03 units shipped by May 2026
BMW announces extension of physical-AI program to Plant Leipzig