Investor Rewkang on $19M Bet on Figure AI: Robots Are the Next Trillion Dollar Market
Rewkang · x · 2026-08-14
In an interview with MadSocietyTV, investor Rewkang shared why he invested $19M in Figure AI and painted a picture of a future with humanoid robots. He discussed how he got allocation access alongside OpenAI and Jeff Bezos, raised his investment from $500K to $19M in a week, and compared Figure AI's $39B valuation to Unitree's $9B. He called Figure AI the 'Apple of robotics' and discussed challenges in commercializing humanoids, China vs Silicon Valley, and US bans on Chinese robotics.
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