Figure paid $15M to creators, plans $1B spend on data/compute
coreylynch · x · 2026-08-26
Figure's Index data engine has paid $15M to creators and plans to spend over $1B on data and compute in the next 12 months. The platform builds the world's largest humanoid dataset by having users upload daily life videos or book in-home services.
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