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Figure

Figure, also known as Figure AI, is a California humanoid robot company founded and led by Brett Adcock. It builds the Figure 03 robot and Helix, a model that controls the robot's whole body from camera input. In 2026 it built the Index human-behaviour dataset and signed an Nscale deal for up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs.

Last reviewed 28 Oct 2026

Facts at a glance

TypeHumanoid robot developer
Founder and CEOBrett Adcock source
Current robotFigure 03, introduced 9 October 2025 source
AI modelHelix; Helix 2.5 announced 17 September 2026 source
Training dataIndex dataset, about 35 minutes of new human experience every second source
ComputeUp to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs via Nscale; $3.5 billion initial commitment source

Questions people ask

What is Helix?
Figure's AI model for its humanoid robots. Helix 2.5, announced on 17 September 2026, was pretrained on Figure's Index dataset of human behaviour.
Where does Figure get its training compute?
Figure signed a deal with Nscale on 3 September 2026 for up to 100,000 GPUs on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform, with deployment targeted from the second half of 2027.