ARK: Data is the bottleneck for humanoids - Figure AI's app offers a fix
DMaguireARK · x · 2026-09-03
Despite a humanoid beating Bolt's 100m record, humanoids haven't proliferated commercially because data remains the critical scaling bottleneck. ARK analysts discuss Figure AI's novel approach to data collection via its Index app.
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