Founder of Figure AI · $39B ValuationFounder of Figure AI · $39B Valuation
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Florida, UIUC. Vettery (sold), Archer Aviation (public). Figure AI 2022. Figure 01/02/03. Closed a >$1B Series C at a $39B post-money valuation (Sep 2025, led by Parkway Venture Capital with Brookfield, NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce, LG, T-Mobile). Then exited its collaboration with OpenAI, citing an in-house breakthrough — 'Figure's AI models are built entirely in-house.' Figure's humanoid logged 1,250+ hours at BMW's plant, loading 90,000+ parts across 30,000 vehicles. Microsoft/NVIDIA/Bezos backers. Also founded Hark. On Sep 3, 2026 Figure signed a strategic partnership with Nscale: an initial $3.5B compute commitment (intent to exceed $6B) for up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs from 2H 2027, with Nscale also investing in Figure — a commitment roughly twice the ~$1.9B Figure has raised to date.
Florida, UIUC. Vettery (sold), Archer Aviation (public). Figure AI 2022. Figure 01/02/03. Closed a >$1B Series C at a $39B post-money valuation (Sep 2025, led by Parkway Venture Capital with Brookfield, NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce, LG, T-Mobile). Then exited its collaboration with OpenAI, citing an in-house breakthrough — 'Figure's AI models are built entirely in-house.' Figure's humanoid logged 1,250+ hours at BMW's plant, loading 90,000+ parts across 30,000 vehicles. Microsoft/NVIDIA/Bezos backers. Also founded Hark. On Sep 3, 2026 Figure signed a strategic partnership with Nscale: an initial $3.5B compute commitment (intent to exceed $6B) for up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs from 2H 2027, with Nscale also investing in Figure — a commitment roughly twice the ~$1.9B Figure has raised to date.