Brett Adcock, co-founder and CEO of the humanoid robotics startup Figure AI, made a rare public appearance rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-06-05/figure-ai-ceo-on-building-general-purpose-robots-video”>at the Bloomberg Tech conference on Thursday. Figure has recently been the subject of a couple of rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-hottest-pre-ipo-stock-an-ai-robotics-startup-with-bold-claims-little-revenue-b0c1f03b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAg0XbbpqX1E2R21zb1an6Km2wf40pRG-HjOFUZyya1IPcIIIqTebYDNOt_7iEs%3D&gaa_ts=68430fde&gaa_sig=faOCFrTAesrbBw1za0pGTwYE0w1uIidVu8BYuJTPY2kXBcMwARc2mEk0W722-r3z_BZVKwzZ5UmKKJztXka55w%3D%3D”> news articles that questioned its progress with marquee customer BMW. Figure objected so strenuously to at least one of these reports that rel=”nofollow” href=”https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1915752925575668153″>Adcock publicly threatened to sue the publication.
When asked about the skepticism surrounding the BMW relationship and whether it is a pilot or has commercial value to the company, Adcock replied with an…
