Figure Collects Human Data at Scale, Commits $3.5B Compute

Figure is gathering human physical experience data at roughly 35 minutes per second, has paid contributors $15 million, and committed $3.5 billion in compute for its Helix model, behaving more like an AI lab than a traditional robotics company.

2026-09-20 ~ 2026-09-22 · 2 related posts

• Figure has paid robot data contributors $15M and signed $3.5B in compute as data becomes robotics' bottleneck — thealexbanks · 2026-09-20
• Figure collects 35 minutes of human data per second, commits $3.5B compute to Helix — VraserX · 2026-09-22