[2] Figure AI's team is composed of experts from robotics, artificial intelligence, sensing, perception, and navigation, blending experiences from notable companies like Boston Dynamics and Tesla.

[2] In 2022, the company introduced its prototype, Figure 01, a bipedal robot designed for manual labor, initially targeting the logistics and warehousing sectors.

[4] On January 18 2024 Figure announced a partnership with BMW to deploy humanoid robots in automotive manufacturing facilities.

[5] In February 2024, Figure AI secured $675 million in venture capital funding from a consortium that includes Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel, and the startup-funding divisions of Amazon and OpenAI.

Figure 02 robots are currently deployed to a BMW plant in South Carolina for testing and to collect training data for AI models.