The humanoid robot boom is here. These top Silicon Valley investors aren't buying it.

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Different types of robots
Investors are divided over what robot bodies should look like.

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Figure AI's CEO just raised $700 million for his next big bet

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock
Figure AI and Hark CEO Brett Adcock.

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Figure AI had one of its robots race an intern to sort packages. See who lost.

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A Figure AI intern competes against a humanoid.

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Silicon Valley's latest binge-watch is a humanoid warehouse worker

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Humanoid sorting packages
Viewers gave the three humanoids sorting packages names: Bob, Frank and Gary.

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Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock is betting on a future of "general-purpose humanoids."

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Venture capitalist Nabeel Hyatt says training robots will reshape the future of work

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Nabeel Hyatt, general partner at Spark Capital
Nabeel Hyatt, general partner at Spark Capital

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock says the robotics company is building 'a new species'

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock envisions building a new species, not just robots.

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A global scramble to make humanoid robots is gearing up to be the 21st century's space race

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Two humanoid robots facing each other, with backgrounds split between the Chinese flag on one side and the American flag on the other.

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Sam Altman's OpenAI wants to get humanoid robots talking. Here's why.

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Figure AI's humanoid robot standing
Figure AI announced it had signed a collaboration agreement with OpenAI.

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