Billionaire Figure AI Founder Brett Adcock Says Meta’s Glasses Are ‘Probably One of the Worst Products I've Ever Bought’ Adcock had some choice words for Meta's smart glasses. Barchart · Aug 26
US government bans humanoid robots manufactured abroad NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday added humanoid and quadruped robots to a list of products and companies that are banned from being imported into the United States on national security grounds. Bangkok Post · Jul 29
Figure AI streamed humanoid robots sorting packages for 8 hours straight — and not everyone is convinced it was fully real Watch three Figure 03 robots take turns sorting through packages on a conveyor belt, at speeds similar to humans. TechRadar · May 14
While You're Fretting That There's an AI Bubble, You Could Be Missing a Huge Investing Opportunity AI is this generation's Industrial Revolution. While investors wait for things to "settle down," opportunities to get in on the ground floor are passing by. Kiplinger · Apr 24
Melania Trump Introduces Humanoid Robot at White House Summit and Envisions AI Educators in Every Home A humanoid robot escorted First Lady Melania Trump at the White House, marking a historic moment as she advocated for AI in education during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit. International Business Times UK · Mar 26
First Humanoid Robot at the White House? Figure AI's F.03 Becomes Controversial Over Historic Milestone Figure AI's humanoid robot appears at the White House. This sparked debate over whether it marks the first true humanoid robot visit in US history. International Business Times · Mar 26
Fund Manager Mike Alves Backing Tomorrow's Defining Companies from OpenAI, SpaceX VIDA Vision Fund Manager Mike Alves is backing transformative companies including SpaceX, xAI, and Figure AI, building a concentrated portfolio focused on AI, space commercialization, and next-generation financial infrastructure. International Business Times · Feb 24
Figure 03 might be the home robot that changes everything – if it ever goes on sale Figure AI unveils Figure 03, its most advanced humanoid robot yet, and it's showing it off in action at home. TechRadar · Oct 9, 2025
Elon Musk Showed Optimus Folding Laundry, But It Wasn't Autonomous — Now Figure AI Showcases A Robot That Can Do The Same Using 'Neural Net' On Monday, Figure AI demonstrated its humanoid robot folding laundry autonomously using its advanced Helix neural net, highlighting a significant leap over Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Optimus, which earlier this year showcased using teleoperation for similar tasks. Benzinga · Aug 13, 2025
Elon Musk claims Tesla is the top robot company but worries that Nos. 2 through 10 will be Chinese The Tesla CEO revealed that production of the Optimus robot has been disrupted by trade frictions. Fortune · Apr 23, 2025
Is the CEO of the humanoid startup Figure AI exaggerating his startup’s work with BMW? A closer look at the details of humanoid activity at the automaker's U.S. factory reveals a decidedly more modest affair than some of the CEO's past comments seemed to suggest. Fortune · Apr 6, 2025
Sorry, Figure AI, but your robot won't be cool until it can walk like a human Figure 02 robot promises AI and 6-degree of freedom movement in its hands, but it walks like it's trying to hold an orange between its knees TechRadar · Aug 7, 2024
Forget Sora, this is the AI video that will blow your mind – and maybe scare you Figure 01 and OpenAI have just unveiled the fruits of their technology partnership and it's a stunner TechRadar · Mar 14, 2024
'We face high risk and extremely low chances of success' notes humanoid robot company Figure AI that just got millions from Bezos, OpenAI, and Nvidia Figure AI wants to build a multi-purpose, humanoid home robot but faces huge hurdles and an incredibly crowded field TechRadar · Feb 29, 2024
Top News · Feb 29, 2024 Openai Collaborates With Figure AI To Develop Humanoid Robots OpenAI and Figure AI collaborate to enhance humanoid robots using advanced AI models, aiming to revolutionize industries and address labor shortages in man...
International Business Times UK · Feb 1, 2024 Rise Of The Machines? OpenAI, Microsoft To Invest In Robots That Think Independently If rumours turn out to be true, Microsoft and OpenAI might be putting up to $500 million (£394.92 million) in Figure AI.
The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2023 Humanoid robots are here, but they're a little awkward. Do we really need them? Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction