{"title":"Figure vs Noetix Robotics: General-purpose compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/figure-vs-noetix-robotics","comparison":"Figure ranks 5 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 88; Noetix Robotics ranks 64 with 61. Figure is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on leverage. Figure is based in San Jose, United States, Noetix Robotics in Beijing, China. Figure: Private, founded 2022. Figure is named in 475 signals and Noetix Robotics in 28.","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":"Noetix Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/noetix-robotics","city":"Beijing","country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Noetix Robotics (Beijing) makes a dual line of bipedal humanoids (N2, E1, W1) plus bionic humanoids and the consumer-grade Bumi (priced under RMB 10,000), and built its first robot concept-to-manufacture in 43 days. It raised a ~RMB 1B (~$145M) Series B in March 2026 led by CATL-backed CD Capital, was the CCTV Spring Festival Gala's exclusive humanoid-bionic partner (February 2026, which Morgan Stanley noted aids mass-market acceptance), and is targeting its first overseas 1,000-unit delivery in Q2-2026. Revenue is undisclosed (tracker figures conflict).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":64,"score":61,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":4,"deployment":4,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"Noetix Robotics develops and sells Bumi, a consumer humanoid robot positioned for home and education use, with standard consumer deliveries scheduled for March 2026.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":28,"facts_total":25}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}