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Cap tier
Mega
Approx cap
$170.0B
Bull scenarios
104
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0
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unknown
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From SRC_B Theme-Company Matrix
C1Actuators (vertically integrated)Chip Fab ExpansionOlder process nodesRad-Hard Space ChipRadiation-hardened electronics (older process nodes)Stepper motors / actuators (for robots)Wafer starts per month

Investment thesis

From SRC_B Company Master

Analog workhorse with robot actuation tailwind.

Bull scenarios (104)

Predictions where this ticker benefits
PredRoleDomainPredictionPredictorCurrentMoveImpactStatus
ROB_022multi_vectorDefenseMaintaining technological competitiveness in Physical AI is an acute, existential matter of national security — falling behind in industrial automation translates directly to loss of geopolitical hegemony; the nation that controls the physical fabricat...Eric Schmidt75.2%unknownunknownin_progress
AUT_005multi_vectorDefenseFundamental convergence between autonomous AI, enterprise software, and global defense infrastructure — future geopolitical supremacy dictated entirely by algorithmic dominance rather than traditional kinetic military assets; autonomous drones, AI-driv...Ben Horowitz73.3%unknownunknownin_progress
CMQ_039multi_vectorSemis/PackagingTSMC CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) capacity must expand to 125,000 wafers/month by 2026 to meet baseline demand from NVIDIA, AMD, and hyperscaler ASICs.Morgan Stanley70.9%unknownunknownpending
AUT_015multi_vectorDefenseComplete obsolescence of traditional military procurement — national security pivots away from small numbers of exquisite expensive surveillance platforms (high-altitude drones, fighter jets) toward highly distributed autonomous systems of thousands of...Eric Schmidt70.0%unknownunknownin_progress
INF_005multi_vectorLabor/JobsSkilled trade labor (welders, HVAC, electricians, plumbers, heavy-equipment operators, network technicians) will experience a boom driven by AI-factory construction — wages for network-technician and DC-construction roles have roughly doubled into the ...Jensen Huang70.0%unknownunknownpartial
ROB_021multi_vectorGeopoliticsThe United States is locked in a fierce physical engineering race with China — China operates with 'incredible speed at massive scale' in hardware-heavy sectors (advanced batteries, high-speed rail, commercial robotics); failure to digitize the industr...Marc Andreessen66.6%unknownunknownin_progress
229_001multi_vectorRoboticsFigure will put robots on its own manufacturing lines (BotQ) this year to build robots.Brett Adcock62.3%unknownunknownin_progress
229_002multi_vectorRoboticsFigure will scale out robots in industrial/commercial workforce in 2026 via its signed customers.Brett Adcock56.1%unknownunknownin_progress
230_016multi_vectorSpaceData center regulation in NY/elsewhere will accelerate moving compute to orbit (Dyson swarm).Alex Wissner-Gross54.7%unknownunknownin_progress
SEM_043multi_vectorSpace/ComputeSpaceX is actively exploring deployment of data centers in space — seeking regulatory permission immediately as rivals investigate orbital compute.Gwynne Shotwell53.6%unknownunknownin_progress
241_027multi_vectorRoboticsChina will win low-end robotic hardware raceEric Schmidt49.1%unknownunknownpending
241_028multi_vectorGeopoliticsUS losing electric vehicle industry to China was an error that will repeat in robotics unless addressedEric Schmidt47.9%unknownunknownpending
243_003multi_vectorAuto/TransportBy 2029, Uber will facilitate more autonomous/robotaxi rides than anyone else in the worldDara Khosrowshahi45.9%unknownunknownpending
242_037multi_vectorSpaceChina will land on the moon before end of 2030China (government)45.7%unknownunknownpending
248_041multi_vectorSpaceMaine data center moratorium gives other states / Elon time to move compute to orbit.Peter Diamandis45.3%unknownunknownpending
238_016multi_vectorRoboticsFigure CEO Brett Adcock will appear at Abundance Summit next year (2027) with a Figure robot for PeterPeter Diamandis45.0%unknownunknownpending
241_061multi_vectorRoboticsChina robots will compete as replacement for dogs / low-cost consumer use (now; useful later)Eric Schmidt44.0%unknownunknownpending
229_008multi_vectorBiotech/LongevityBy end of 2026, Figure's robot hardware will be capable of performing what surgeons can do (teleoperated).Brett Adcock43.9%unknownunknownpending
230_033multi_vectorAIIntelligence explosion shockwave propagates from math → physical sciences → planetary systems, Dyson swarm by early 2030s.Alex Wissner-Gross42.8%unknownunknownpending
239_033multi_vectorRoboticsOptimus 3 will be by far the most advanced robot in the worldElon Musk42.8%unknownunknownpartial
SEM_041multi_vectorRoboticsAt least 100,000 personal AI robots will be preordered in 2025 (driven by speech/vision/dexterity advances).Brett Adcock42.3%unknownunknownpartial
246_013multi_vectorSpaceArtemis 4 crewed moon landing mission to south pole in early 2028.Peter Diamandis42.2%unknownunknownpending
238_015multi_vectorRoboticsBrent Bornick/1X to ship Peter a humanoid robot this summer (2026)Brent Bornick42.1%unknownunknownpending
229_027multi_vectorGeopoliticsFigure's only serious competitive threat for humanoids is China; no US/Western player registers today.Brett Adcock40.8%unknownunknownpending
229_009multi_vectorRoboticsWithin roughly 24 months, robots will build robots on Figure's lines.Brett Adcock40.5%unknownunknownpending
229_033multi_vectorRoboticsFigure will deploy robots into its new 'Grid' facility to run 24/7 starting this month with Figure 3s.Brett Adcock40.4%unknownunknownpending
246_014multi_vectorSpaceElon's stated orbital refueling and Mars/Moon timelines will slip.Alex Wissner-Gross40.1%unknownunknownpending
248_020multi_vectorRoboticsJevons paradox: bandwidth demand will explode as 10 billion robots and AVs need connectivity.Peter Diamandis39.6%unknownunknownpending
229_034multi_vectorRoboticsRobot production cadence target: one robot every ~30 minutes in the near term.Brett Adcock39.0%unknownunknownpending
248_045multi_vectorBiotech/LongevityAnother humanoid species will emerge at some future point beyond homo sapiens.Salim Ismail39.0%unknownunknownpending
248_042multi_vectorRoboticsA sewing robot already exists; logistics robots will automate trillion-dollar stitching industry.Salim Ismail39.0%unknownunknownpending
236_022multi_vectorRoboticsRobots will build data centers in foreseeable time frameAndrew Yang38.9%unknownunknownpending
229_022multi_vectorRoboticsFigure plans to launch an alpha in-home test robot (in Adcock's home) doing end-to-end home work during 2026.Brett Adcock38.2%unknownunknownpending
229_031multi_vectorRoboticsAt some point, you'll walk out in a city (likely San Francisco first) and see more humanoids than humans.Brett Adcock38.0%unknownunknownpending
229_023multi_vectorRoboticsFirst Figure robot in a customer's home expected 2027-2029 timeframe.Brett Adcock37.7%unknownunknownpending
229_012multi_vectorRoboticsEvery major tech company in the world will enter the humanoid robotics space.Brett Adcock37.7%unknownunknownpending
230_051multi_vectorMarkets/StocksAmazon/hyperscalers will continue pouring free cash flow into AI data centers, robots and LEO satellites (opex cannibalized by capex).Alex Wissner-Gross37.6%unknownunknownpending
INF_025multi_vectorRoboticsFigure AI targets deployment of 100,000 general-purpose humanoid robots by 2029, networked to a centralized 'universal brain' capable of controlling any robot body on Earth — requiring continuous high-bandwidth DC-to-edge data streams.Brett Adcock37.1%unknownunknownpending
ROB_008multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoid robotics market will reach $5 trillion by 2050 (excluding massive secondary supply chains for repair/maintenance/support). Nearly 1 billion humanoid robots operating globally by 2050, 90% used for industrial/commercial purposes vs domestic — m...Morgan Stanley37.1%unknownunknownin_progress
CMQ_051multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoid robots total addressable market by 2040: lower bound 1 billion units (exceeding cars on Earth); upper bound 10+ billion units.Brett Adcock / Elon Musk / Vinod Khosla37.0%unknownunknownpending
242_051multi_vectorSpaceDyson swarm compute infrastructure will be realized in a few yearsAlex Wissner-Gross37.0%unknownunknownpending
229_016multi_vectorRoboticsFigure will scale manufacturing from thousands to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to millions of robots per year.Brett Adcock36.9%unknownunknownpending
234_045multi_vectorSpaceMoon disassembly for AI data centers may not actually be needed due to physics advancesAlex Wissner-Gross36.9%unknownunknownpending
229_021multi_vectorRoboticsIn 2027, Figure will be on the path to ship robots into users' homes and iterate.Brett Adcock36.9%unknownunknownpending
229_041multi_vectorOtherRobots will bring abundance and a 'sci-fi future' where it will 'feel like 2080 up in here.'Brett Adcock36.7%unknownunknownpending
239_013multi_vectorRoboticsTesla will release an improved Optimus design every yearElon Musk36.7%unknownunknownpending
229_005multi_vectorRoboticsThe global humanoid robotics industry will consolidate to far fewer than 10 players.Brett Adcock36.5%unknownunknownpending
230_021multi_vectorRoboticsFigure and Tesla will make millions, then billions of robots.Peter Diamandis36.3%unknownunknownpending
234_049multi_vectorSpaceFirst lunar and Mars cities will be built from scratch via humanoid robot constructionAlex Wissner-Gross36.2%unknownunknownpending
233_013multi_vectorLabor/JobsNot a good time to be an Uber driver as robotaxis expand.Joe Liemandt35.8%unknownunknownpending
229_044multi_vectorAIPositive transfer learning will continue to emerge, meaning more diverse data makes Figure robots broadly better at many tasks.Brett Adcock35.5%unknownunknownpending
AI_030multi_vectorRoboticsBy 2035, synthetic humanoid workers will physically outnumber human employees in corporate workplaces — completing the transition from partial-automation co-deployment to majority-synthetic corporate workforces.Brett Adcock34.8%unknownunknownpending
229_014multi_vectorRoboticsFigure will be able to make millions of robots via BotQ and future BotQ expansion.Brett Adcock34.7%unknownunknownpending
240_038multi_vectorLabor/JobsAmazon will be first to reach corporate singularity with more robots than humansJason Calacanis34.7%unknownunknownpending
248_038multi_vectorRoboticsWe will see humanoid robot threats alongside the current Sam Altman backlash.Salim Ismail34.1%unknownunknownpending
229_017multi_vectorRoboticsLong term, robot cost will fall to $10,000-$20,000 per unit.Brett Adcock34.1%unknownunknownpending
242_009multi_vectorSpaceWe will have multiple Dyson swarmsAlex Wissner-Gross33.9%unknownunknownpending
229_029multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoid robots could become safer than humans by a large margin, similar to autonomous cars.Brett Adcock33.0%unknownunknownpending
239_014multi_vectorRoboticsTesla will build out 10M sq ft Optimus factoryElon Musk32.7%unknownunknownpending
247_045multi_vectorRobotics1X Neo humanoid robot will be delivered this summer 2026Peter Diamandis32.2%unknownunknownpending
241_056multi_vectorRoboticsElon Musk-style vertical integration is necessary to drive robotics costs downPeter Diamandis31.8%unknownunknownpending
246_020multi_vectorGeopoliticsChina will land on moon by 2030 (credible competitive mission).Alex Wissner-Gross31.7%unknownunknownpending
237_026multi_vectorAIThe cadence of AI breakthroughs and Moonshot episodes will keep picking up as we are in the singularity.Peter Diamandis31.2%unknownunknownpending
231_032multi_vectorSpaceEveryone (China included) will want their own Dyson swarms/Saturnian rings in solar-synchronous orbit.Alex Wissner-Gross31.2%unknownunknownpending
243_030multi_vectorRoboticsMultimodal delivery network will emerge: drones, sidewalk robots, bike-lane robotsDara Khosrowshahi30.9%unknownunknownpending
241_002multi_vectorRoboticsRobots will take longer than digital/software systems to have impactEric Schmidt30.9%unknownunknownpending
236_020multi_vectorRoboticsNo robot plumbers or HVAC repair people anytime soonAndrew Yang30.9%unknownunknownpending
239_012multi_vectorRoboticsOptimus reaches high volume production by summer 2027Elon Musk30.6%unknownunknownpending
246_012multi_vectorSpaceArtemis 3 crewed mission to low earth orbit in 2027 (rendezvous/docking tests).Peter Diamandis30.5%unknownunknownpending
229_019multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoids will dominate the plurality of all robots; other form factors will be niche.Brett Adcock30.4%unknownunknownpending
234_029multi_vectorSpaceHumans will not take cows to the moon or Mars as foodstockAlex Wissner-Gross30.0%unknownunknownpending
CMQ_055multi_vectorRoboticsMultimodal voice recognition powered by generative AI will serve as the default user interface for humanoid physical workers — speak instructions, robot executes.Brett Adcock29.0%unknownunknownin_progress
235_020multi_vectorRoboticsTransition to VLA humanoid robots taking over fast food jobs in 2-3 years.Alex Wissner-Gross28.7%unknownunknownpending
234_032multi_vectorRoboticsMarket for humanoids and general purpose automation will be $50 trillionAlex Wissner-Gross28.6%unknownunknownpending
229_018multi_vectorRoboticsIn the future, everything that moves (besides humans) will be a robot.Brett Adcock28.4%unknownunknownpending
229_039multi_vectorRoboticsFigure will integrate additional sensors (infrared, ultraviolet, etc.) into future humanoids.Brett Adcock28.2%unknownunknownpending
229_046multi_vectorRoboticsCurrent Figure robots have 3-5x headroom in speed via existing actuators once software enables it.Brett Adcock28.2%unknownunknownpending
229_045multi_vectorRoboticsFigure will not differentiate by vertical form factor—general-purpose humanoid is the bet.Brett Adcock28.1%unknownunknownpending
247_044multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoid robots have 5-10 year lifespan before merging with environmentsMark Cuban28.0%unknownunknownpending
241_029multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoid robot assembly of rockets is beyond current robots for a long timeEric Schmidt27.9%unknownunknownpending
247_043multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoid robots will be utterly transformative for 2/3 of US services sectorAlex Wissner-Gross26.2%unknownunknownpending
235_040multi_vectorSpaceEarth-scale Dyson swarm in solar synchronous orbit will be built regardless of physics.Alex Wissner-Gross26.2%unknownunknownpending
229_010multi_vectorRoboticsEventually there will be tens of billions of humanoids on planet Earth—one per human plus 5-10B in commercial workforce.Brett Adcock25.8%unknownunknownpending
238_003multi_vectorMedia/AdsMoonshots podcast team will soon move into an Airbnb for continuous podcastingPeter Diamandis25.0%unknownunknownpending
IND_018multi_vectorCryptoImminent rise of 'techno-feudalism' — hidden inextricable alliance between Artificial Superintelligence and State power; AI treasury companies will violently concentrate global wealth. As AI hyper-automates labor and degrades fiat currency through QE n...Michael Saylor24.5%unknownunknownpending
236_021multi_vectorRoboticsOptimus/humanoid robots to do trades work in 3 to 8 years (Elon's vision)Elon Musk24.0%unknownunknownpending
240_037multi_vectorAuto/TransportAmazon Zoox Robotaxi will launch in LA in 2027Peter Diamandis23.5%unknownunknownpending
234_033multi_vectorRoboticsDavid Holz predicts 5 million humanoids can build Manhattan in 6 monthsDavid Holz23.3%unknownunknownpending
239_011multi_vectorRoboticsOptimus 3 production starts summer 2026Elon Musk22.5%unknownunknownpending
CMQ_052multi_vectorRoboticsHumanoid robot price will drop to ~$20K-$30K per unit — leased cost ~$500/month for a 24/7 robotic laborer, fundamentally altering physical-labor economics.Brett Adcock22.1%unknownunknownpending
IND_023multi_vectorRobotics'Cambrian explosion of bipedal labor' driven by hundreds of robotics companies — autonomy graduates from pilot programs to municipal public utilities by 2026; rupture of psychological firewall between humans and synthetic minds; AI soon optimizes its o...Alex Wissner-Gross22.0%unknownunknownin_progress
CMQ_054multi_vectorMacro/EconomyHumanoid physical automation (Optimus + Figure + competitors) will usher in a 'future of abundance', theoretically eliminating poverty by collapsing cost of physical goods and services.Elon Musk21.8%unknownunknownpending
229_037multi_vectorEnergyWith humanoids, Greenland mineral extraction becomes viable even though Europeans at Davos say it's impossible.Peter Diamandis20.5%unknownunknownpending
229_020multi_vectorRoboticsBy end of 2026, Figure will be able to drop a robot into an unseen home and do fairly long-horizon work.Brett Adcock20.4%unknownunknownpending
229_035multi_vectorSpaceHumanoids will eventually be used in space (including zero-G assembly of space data centers) and other planets.Brett Adcock20.4%unknownunknownpending
232_049multi_vectorSpaceDyson swarm of AI orbital data centers will be built by disassembling the moon via mass drivers.Alex Wissner-Gross19.0%unknownunknownpending
CMQ_056multi_vectorAI/ComputeSmall Language Model (SLM) optimizations and model-distillation techniques will enable localized humanoid reasoning with extreme power efficiency — embedded AI without cloud dependency.Dario Amodei18.9%unknownunknownin_progress
229_030multi_vectorRoboticsIf Figure solved a general-purpose humanoid today, they could ship a billion robots today (demand exists).Brett Adcock17.1%unknownunknownpending
235_032multi_vectorRoboticsElon Musk predicted Optimus will be your surgeon in 3 years.Elon Musk16.3%unknownunknownpending
235_019multi_vectorRoboticsFast food chains will bring in humanoid robots very shortly to replace workers.Peter Diamandis12.8%unknownunknownpending
248_019multi_vectorSpaceUS data center moratoriums will push AI compute out to LEO / sun-synchronous orbit / Dyson swarm.Alex Wissner-Gross11.9%unknownunknownin_progress
IND_017multi_vectorMacro/EconomyArrival of the 'AI CEO Billionaire' in 2026 — AI will automate knowledge work so effectively that a synthetic entity could run a billion-dollar enterprise autonomously. Dawn of 'Agentic Era' begins 2027, where autonomous AI agents seamlessly integrate ...Peter Diamandis11.4%unknownunknownpending
ROB_011multi_vectorSpaceAn Optimus unit will be sent to Mars by 2026 — signaling the role of autonomous robotics in extraterrestrial colonization and intertwining robotic + interplanetary expansion; robotic precursors precede biological humans in planetary exploration.Elon Musk11.3%unknownunknownpending
248_037multi_vectorAIState data-center moratoriums will accelerate Dyson-swarm / orbital compute innovation due to constriction.Alex Wissner-Gross10.2%unknownunknownpending

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