{"title":"Figure vs Neura Robotics: General-purpose compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/figure-vs-neura-robotics","comparison":"Figure ranks 5 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 88; Neura Robotics ranks 22 with 76. Figure is ahead on deployment, production, commercials and technology. Neura Robotics is ahead on progress and leverage. Level on positioning and firepower. Figure is based in San Jose, United States, Neura Robotics in Metzingen, Germany. Figure: Private, founded 2022. Figure is named in 475 signals and Neura Robotics in 208.","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":"Neura Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/neura-robotics","city":"Metzingen","country":"Germany","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Neura Robotics is a German maker of the 4NE-1 general-purpose humanoid (third generation, unveiled June 2025) alongside its shipping MAiRA industrial and MiPA service lines, with headcount grown to 1,400. It announced a Series C of up to $1.4B in June 2026 (led by Tether at a ~$7B valuation, with Qualcomm, Amazon, NVIDIA, Bosch, Schaeffler, and the EIB), Europe's largest robotics round, and holds Bosch and Dassault collaborations, though 4NE-1 is prepared for series production rather than shipping at volume. How much of the \"up to $1.4B\" has actually funded, 4NE-1 deployment counts, and Tether as lead investor (a governance watch) are the open questions.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":22,"score":76,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":5,"deployment":7,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"NEURA Robotics develops general-purpose cognitive humanoids, including the 4NE1, and is scaling their production, training, perception, and real-world deployment through partnerships and NEURA Gym facilities.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":208,"facts_total":125}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}