🤖Figure Raises $1B Series C at $39B Valuation as Humanoid Robotics Funding Hits Records
Figure Raises $1B Series C at $39B Valuation as Humanoid Ro…
TL;DR
San Jose-based Figure announced on May 14 it has raised $1 billion in Series C financing led by Parkway Venture Capital, setting a $39 billion post-money valua…
San Jose-based Figure announced on May 14 it has raised $1 billion in Series C financing led by Parkway Venture Capital, setting a $39 billion post-money valuation. Investors include Brookfield, Nvidia, Macquarie, Intel Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Salesforce, T-Mobile Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures — a who's-who that signals deep strategic interest in humanoid robotics.
Key Points
Round led by Parkway Venture Capital at a $39B post-money valuation
Strategic investors include Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm, LG, Salesforce and T-Mobile
Only billion-dollar humanoid-robotics round of 2026 so far
Humanoid funding has grown from $239M in 2022 to $3.7B in 2025
Why It Matters
Figure is becoming the bellwether for humanoid robotics — its valuation and investor lineup signal that hyperscaler-adjacent strategics are now treating embodied AI as strategic, not exploratory.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does this matter?
Figure is becoming the bellwether for humanoid robotics — its valuation and investor lineup signal that hyperscaler-adjacent strategics are now treating embodied AI as strategic, not exploratory.
What happened?
San Jose-based Figure announced on May 14 it has raised $1 billion in Series C financing led by Parkway Venture Capital, setting a $39 billion post-money valua…
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