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Figure Nabs $1 Billion-Plus at $39 Billion Valuation to Scale Humanoid Robots

Figure says the cash will accelerate manufacturing, GPU training infrastructure, human data gathering.

The humanoid robot Figure 01 is demonstrated at Figure AI's test facility in Sunnyvale, Calif., in 2023.
Figure lands $1 billion investment, values itself at $39 billion, and says it aims for robots with human-level smarts.
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Overview

  • Series C financing was led by Parkway Venture Capital with participation from Nvidia, Intel Capital and Brookfield Asset Management, alongside other strategic investors.
  • Funds will expand robot production, build NVIDIA GPU capacity for training and simulation tied to the Helix AI platform, and increase real‑world human data collection.
  • Crunchbase reports the deal is 2025’s largest robotics financing and pushes total sector funding this year to more than $8.5 billion.
  • The new valuation leaps from about $2.6 billion in 2024, when Figure raised $675 million from investors that included Microsoft and Jeff Bezos.
  • Experts caution that key hurdles remain for humanoids, including real‑world data bottlenecks, battery energy limits, dexterity in manipulation and security vulnerabilities.