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Brett Adcock Profile picture
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Feb 29, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Excited to share: Figure raises $675M at $2.6B Valuation

+ OpenAI & Figure signed a collaboration agreement to develop next generation AI models for robots

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@Figure_robot @OpenAI $675M Series B investments from:

- Microsoft
- OpenAI Startup Fund
- NVIDIA
- Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions)
- Parkway Venture Capital
- Intel Capital
- Align Ventures
In addition, OpenAI & Figure signed a collaboration agreement to develop next generation AI models for humanoid robots

The collaboration aims to help accelerate Figure’s commercial timeline by enhancing the capabilities of humanoid robots to process and reason from language
We will be using this investment to ramping up Figure’s timeline for humanoid commercial deployment and will be used for:

- AI training
- Manufacturing
- Deploying more robots
- Expanding engineering headcount
- Advancing commercial deployment efforts
Last month we showed Figure 01 making coffee only using neural networks

Learned end-to-end visuomotor policy mapping onboard images to actions at 200Hz

We’re excited to be pushing the limited of robot learning with OpenAI

We are scaling up our AI training:

Figure will leverage Microsoft Azure for AI infrastructure, training, and storage

Excited to partner with OpenAI and Microsoft to bring embodied AI to the real world

Interested in joining our team? Apply here: figure.ai/careers
If you're interested in AI robotics, follow our journey: @Figure_robot

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Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:
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The company has also made its Imagine video generator free for everyone using the Grok app, for a limited time
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So, I summarized everything from OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anthropic, Figure, Unitree, OpenMind, Microsoft, Perplexity, ElevenLabs, and more.

Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:
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—New flagship models: GPT-5, GPT-5 Pro, and GPT-5 Mini
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Major push for gaming and entertainment, as well as a new foundation for training physical AI
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Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:
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He said “devices like glasses” will be key to computing of the future, also hinting at a shift from the "open" strategy
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Here's a F.02 in my home, using Helix to do my laundry
This is not teleoperated

We’re running Helix, our in-house neural network
For context, we've been running AI models doing laundry at the office for over a month now

It's exciting to see Helix running in real homes
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Significant progress in AI and Robotics this week.

So, I summarized everything from Meta, xAI, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Alibaba, Sapient Intelligence, Unitree, and more.

Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:
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