Figure AI Secures $675 Million to Build OpenAI-Powered Humanoid Robots
AI robotics company Figure raises $675 million in Series B funding and partners with OpenAI to develop advanced AI models for humanoid machines. The investment features backing from major tech giants like Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Jeff Bezos.
Figure AI announces a massive $675 million Series B funding round that values the robotics startup at $2.6 billion. Major tech players including Microsoft, NVIDIA, the OpenAI Startup Fund, and Jeff Bezos provide the financial backing to accelerate the commercial deployment of general-purpose humanoid robots.
Alongside this funding, Figure signs a collaboration agreement with OpenAI to create next-generation AI models specifically designed for humanoid robots. This partnership combines OpenAI's powerful multimodal language models with Figure's deep expertise in robotics hardware and software to improve the machines' ability to process and reason from language.
Figure plans to use the new capital to scale up AI training, increase robot manufacturing, and expand its engineering team. The company relies on Microsoft Azure for its AI infrastructure, training, and storage needs as it prepares to integrate its advanced humanoids into real-world commercial environments like the BMW manufacturing plant.