Figure will NOT license out its neural net or hardware IP to third-party form-factor builders.

Figure will NOT license out its neural net or hardware IP to third-party form-factor builders. | do you think you might franchise out the neural net and the circuitry around it... no just I think it's super unsafe... just giving this AI system or even hardware to anybody that would want like this is like uh not something we will entertain.

Watch events: Figure 03 shipment volume; BMW, 2nd customer deployment count

do you think you might franchise out the neural net and the circuitry around it... no just I think it's super unsafe... just giving this AI system or even hardware to anybody that would want like this is like uh not something we will entertain.

Figure won't license IP to 3rd parties — consistent with their vertical integration stance.

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