{"title":"Figure vs Fourier Intelligence: General-purpose compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/figure-vs-fourier-intelligence","comparison":"Figure ranks 5 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 88; Fourier Intelligence ranks 59 with 62. Figure is ahead on deployment, production, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on commercials and leverage. Figure is based in San Jose, United States, Fourier Intelligence in Shanghai, China. Figure: Private, founded 2022. Figure is named in 475 signals and Fourier Intelligence in 13.","companies":[{"name":"Figure","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/figure","city":"San Jose","country":"United States","stage":"Private","founded":2022,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Figure is a US humanoid maker that delivered 350+ Figure 03 units from its BotQ line by April 2026 (throughput of one robot an hour, a stated path to 100,000 a year) and ran Figure 02 at BMW Spartanburg for ~11 months (90,000+ parts at >99% placement accuracy, described as the first independently verifiable large-scale automotive humanoid deployment). It raised $1B+ Series C in September 2025 at a $39B post-money (a 15x step-up in 19 months; NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Intel, LG among participants), launched Figure 03 in October 2025, and exited its OpenAI collaboration for in-house Helix models. The negative signal: BMW chose Hexagon Robotics' wheeled AEON for its first European humanoid pilot at Leipzig (February 2026), so Figure went from BMW's singular humanoid partner to one supplier among several, and secondary shares traded below the $39B round price by August 2026. It is effectively pre-revenue at scale against that valuation.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":5,"score":88,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":6,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":10},"why":"Figure develops and manufactures general-purpose humanoid robots, including Figure 03, for industrial, logistics, and home applications.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":475,"facts_total":457},{"name":"Fourier Intelligence","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/fourier-intelligence","city":"Shanghai","country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Fourier Intelligence is a Chinese firm running a dual business: rehabilitation devices in 2,000+ institutions across 40+ countries (real established revenue) and a humanoid line (GR-1 in 2023, GR-3 Care-Bot from August 2025 at ~$80-150K), plus the open-source N1. It debuted GR-3 at CES in January 2026 with a care and companion positioning (its healthcare moat), backed by a ~RMB 800M/~$110M round in early 2025 and SoftBank Vision Fund historically. Consolidated revenue, humanoid unit deliveries, and a funding-round labeling conflict are open.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":59,"score":62,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":8,"firepower":6,"commercial":6,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"Fourier Intelligence builds humanoid robots, including the N1, with planned versions from self-assembly kits to complete development platforms.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":13,"facts_total":23}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}