Company record
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Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool
Figure builds Figure 03, a general-purpose humanoid robot aimed at household work, controlled by its in-house Helix AI system. figure.ai
Funding
- over $1 billion Series C, announced September 16, 2025. Led by Parkway Venture Capital. Sources: reuters.com, figure.ai.
Whether AI names Figure
- On the Humanoid robots map: named or cited in 40 of 51 answers to Presspool's Humanoid robots questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 7 of 8, Claude 4 of 8, Perplexity 7 of 8, Gemini 7 of 8, Copilot 8 of 8, Google AI Mode 4 of 7, Google AI Overviews 3 of 4). See the map. Of the 31 companies on the map, Figure ranked 1st by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Humanoid robots questions: Unitree (39 of 51), Agility Robotics (35 of 51), Apptronik (34 of 51), UBTech Robotics (26 of 51), 1X (23 of 51) and AgiBot (23 of 51). Most often named in the same answers: Agility Robotics (34), Apptronik (32), Unitree (30), 1X (22), UBTech Robotics (20).
- On the Physical AI map: named or cited in 38 of 49 answers to Presspool's Physical AI questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 6 of 8, Claude 6 of 8, Perplexity 6 of 8, Gemini 7 of 8, Copilot 6 of 8, Google AI Mode 6 of 8, Google AI Overviews 1 of 1). See the map. Of the 53 companies on the map, Figure ranked 1st by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Physical AI questions: Physical Intelligence (28 of 49), Skild AI (27 of 49), Agility Robotics (26 of 49), Unitree (26 of 49), 1X (23 of 49) and Apptronik (23 of 49). Most often named in the same answers: Physical Intelligence (27), Agility Robotics (26), Unitree (26), Skild AI (24), 1X (23).
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Figure in each weekly sample of Presspool's Humanoid robots and Physical AI questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.
| Week of | Humanoid robots | Physical AI |
|---|---|---|
| September 21, 2026 | Not sampled | 29 of 38 |
| October 5, 2026 | Not sampled | 37 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | Not sampled | 41 of 53 |
| October 19, 2026 | 42 of 53 | 41 of 54 |
| October 26, 2026 | 45 of 56 | 39 of 55 |
| November 2, 2026 | 40 of 51 | 38 of 49 |
Sources AI cites when it names Figure
Presspool asked its 8 Humanoid robots questions on November 2, 2026; 40 of the 51 answers named or cited Figure, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews. The sites those 40 answers cited most:
- robozaps.com: 14 of 40 answers
- forbes.com: 8 of 40 answers
- openai.com: 7 of 40 answers
- agilityrobotics.com: 6 of 40 answers
- apptronik.com: 5 of 40 answers
- humanoidroboticstechnology.com: 5 of 40 answers
- unitree.com: 5 of 40 answers
- youtube.com: 5 of 40 answers
- 1x.tech: 4 of 40 answers
- evsint.com: 4 of 40 answers
Presspool asked its 8 Physical AI questions on November 2, 2026; 38 of the 49 answers named or cited Figure, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews. The sites those 38 answers cited most:
- robozaps.com: 7 of 38 answers
- nvidia.com: 6 of 38 answers
- openai.com: 6 of 38 answers
- opencurious.com: 6 of 38 answers
- forbes.com: 5 of 38 answers
- embodiedglobal.com: 4 of 38 answers
- evsint.com: 4 of 38 answers
- figure.ai: 4 of 38 answers
- google.com: 4 of 38 answers
- roboticscenter.ai: 4 of 38 answers
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