Sundar Pichai said on the earnings call today that more than 25% of all new code at Google is now generated by AI.

US GDP grew at a strong 2.8% rate in the 3rd Quarter. Cumulatively, real GDP rose 12.6% since 2020. That's an unusually good performance and puts the American economy well-above even the projections made *before* the pandemic hit. In dollar terms, today’s level is $3.3

“large language models become very efficient in learning how to deal with the problems that occur with high frequency. This is one of the reasons behind the slow progress with developing self-driving cars”

Figure HQ is 50 years in the future

We solved this 6 months ago

HIRING UPDATE: Figure must scale over 100 engineering roles What are we hiring for? AI, Controls, Manufacturing, Fleet Operations, Software, Mechanical, Electrical, System Integration & business roles (legal, recruiting) Link below + some details 👇

Younger engineers seems to have a hard time understanding concepts like threads, CPUs, and cores. But I remember feeling the same way before working on embedded systems. I hope this can help some less experienced folks out there: [1/6] ↓

To all my fellow Veteran: Happy Veterans’ Day! Thank you for wearing the cloth of our country and doing all the hard things. Continue to serve & honor our oath to the Constitution. Make it matter!

Crypto mining and data centers together accounted for 2 percent of world electricity demand in 2022. And that share is likely to climb to 3.5 percent in three years. That would be equivalent to current consumption of Japan, the world’s fifth largest electricity user. Read more

Figure x BMW update Figure 02 is now an autonomous fleet, operating the end-to-end use case 400% faster with a 7x higher success rate Figure is committed to shipping millions of robots to companies and homes worldwide

Introducing AlphaQubit: our AI-based system that can more accurately identify errors inside quantum computers. 🖥️⚡ This research is a joint venture with Google Quantum AI, published today in nature → goo.gle/3ZflWMn

When you’ve made a mistake, refusing to apologize is not a sign of strength. It’s a mark of narcissism. Malcolm Gladwell and I discuss:

Figure is giving artificial intelligence a body

Humanoid robots in production! 🦾🤖 Figure 02 robots are now 400% faster with 7x higher success after trials at Plant Spartanburg. Next stop: BMW Group Production. 🚀 Discover more: b.mw/XFOY #BMWGroup #BMWiFACTORY #Innovation Figure

Millions lack access to basic healthcare, while usable medical supplies are discarded. @Medshare bridges that gap—and my daughter Anjali is raising funds to help. Please support her campaign: gofundme.com/f/join-anjali-… #Medshare #HealthEquity #ZeroWaste

What excites us: no changes here to hardware or AI architecture We just trained Helix on new laundry data One day it does package logistics, the next it learns folding laundry or loading the washer

Founder mode vs manager mode made visible in logos. Cracker Barrel is just the latest instance.

Figure has secured over $1B in Series C funding at a $39B valuation, led by Parkway Venture Capital, with significant investments from Brookfield Asset Management, NVIDIA Corporation, Macquarie Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, Tamarack Global, LG Technology Ventures,

Figure 03 coming 10/9

We had a pretty productive year! 🚀