{"title":"Figure vs Hexagon: General-purpose compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/figure-vs-hexagon","comparison":"Figure ranks 5 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 88; Hexagon ranks 16 with 81. Figure is ahead on deployment, production and technology. Hexagon is ahead on commercials, progress and leverage. Level on positioning and firepower. Figure is based in San Jose, United States, Hexagon in Stockholm, Sweden. Figure: Private, founded 2022. Hexagon: Established. Figure is named in 475 signals and Hexagon in 67.","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":"Hexagon","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/hexagon","city":"Stockholm","country":"Sweden","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Hexagon AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B; Stockholm HQ, Robotics division Zurich-based) is a precision-measurement and sensor group that formed a dedicated Robotics division on Mar-31-25 and launched its first humanoid, AEON, on Jun-17-25 at Hexagon LIVE. AEON is an industrial humanoid combining Hexagon's sensor suite with NVIDIA compute (Jetson/Omniverse), Microsoft Azure and maxon actuators, with Schaeffler and Pilatus signed as pilot customers; broader unit release is targeted early 2026. Open question: the Robotics division is explicitly in an investment phase with no disclosed robotics revenue, and pilots—not fleet deployments—are the current state.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":16,"score":81,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"Hexagon Robotics builds AEON, a wheeled humanoid robot for industrial production, piloted with BMW, Schaeffler and Pilatus.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":67,"facts_total":52}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}