Figure is effectively sold out on its current customer base for the next two to three years.
Predictor: Brett Adcock · ep#229 "The Humanoid Takeover: $50T Market, Figure's Full Body Autonomy, and Robots in Dorms #229" · source
Prediction text
Figure is effectively sold out on its current customer base for the next two to three years. | we see like you know we're kind of good now for the next like two or three years in terms of like we have so much demand like we like they're kind of waiting for us to like ship at scale.
Watch events: Figure 03 shipment volume; BMW, 2nd customer deployment count
Verbatim quote
we see like you know we're kind of good now for the next like two or three years in terms of like we have so much demand like we like they're kind of waiting for us to like ship at scale.
Predictor: Brett Adcock
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)
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Reference class: humanoid_commercial_volume
>10,000 unit cumulative deployment of humanoid robot SKU within 3 years of debut
Tetlock-style outside view: at TRF=1 (just predicted), outside view dominates (w_in=0.3). At TRF=0 (deadline), inside view dominates (w_in=1.0). The blend regularizes overconfident inside views toward the historical base rate.
Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-09-30pendingFigure announces enterprise customer order book/backlog detailHow: Figure press release or CEO interview discloses signed-customer count and unit backlog covering 12+ months of BotQ outputSource: Figure newsroom + BMW commercial agreement coverageconf 60%
- 2026-09-30pendingBMW expansion to Plant Leipzig confirmed live in productionHow: BMW press release confirms Figure 02/03 humanoids on Leipzig assembly line in summer-2026 production deploymentSource: BMW Group press releaseconf 70%
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingFigure raises a 2026/2027 funding round at >=$50B valuationHow: Bloomberg/Reuters/PitchBook reports priced funding round valuing Figure at >=$50B post-moneySource: Pattern from prior $39.5B reported valuationconf 65%
- 2027-03-31pendingFigure announces second non-automotive Tier-1 customerHow: Figure press release names a logistics/warehousing/manufacturing Fortune-500 customer beyond BMW with multi-unit orderSource: Industry trajectory — humanoid sector commercial pipelineconf 60%
- 2027-06-30pendingBotQ facility hits 12,000 unit/yr nameplate capacityHow: Figure media tour or earnings-style update confirms BotQ running at initial 12k/yr design capacitySource: Figure BotQ press materialsconf 55%
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Evidence chain
Network propagation neighbors
Top incoming (parents)
Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.056 |
| killer | TK01 AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | 15.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.033 |
| prereq | SEM_042 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finall — Kevin Weil | 73.8% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.022 |
| prereq | SEM_012 Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling — Jensen Huang | 75.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.015 |
| killer | TK14 Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | 20.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.011 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 246_017 Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50 — Peter Diamandis | 37.7% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.083 |
| prereq | 247_035 Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by en — Dario Amodei | 38.8% | 0.700 | 0.050 | -0.073 |
| prereq | 246_016 Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203 — Peter Diamandis | 35.6% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.062 |
| prereq | 235_030 Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 203 — Ray Kurzweil | 39.2% | 0.750 | 0.050 | -0.058 |
| prereq | SEM_034 True artificial general intelligence will be achieved betwee — Demis Hassabis | 28.7% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.034 |
Ticker exposure
Beneficiaries (23)
Adverse (6)
Prerequisites (7)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 238_009 | Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no longer three years out) | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_042 | 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream. | AI/Agents | — |
| prereq | SEM_012 | Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering. | AI/Manufacturing | — |
| killer | TK14 | Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_030 | Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 2033. | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 247_035 | Dario Amodei will solve most/all neurological diseases by end of decade | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 246_017 | Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in 2030, conducting 50 passes near Europa. | Space | — |
| prereq | 246_016 | Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034. | Space | — |
| prereq | SEM_034 | True artificial general intelligence will be achieved between 2032 and 2042 — 'first we solve AI, then use AI to solve everything else'. | AI/AGI | — |
Expected milestones (1)
| Expected by | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2029-12-31 | [Robotics 2029-12] ; BLS employment reports; tech layoff t [229_003] Figure 03 shipment volume; BMW, 2nd customer deployment count | pending |
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