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Figure AI CEO skips live demo, sidesteps BMW deal questions onstage at tech conference


The head of a humanoid robotics startup made a rare public appearance for an on stage interview.

Brett Adcock, co-founder and CEO of the humanoid robotics startup Figure AI, made a rare public appearance at the Bloomberg Tech conference on Thursday. Two months ago, Figure also published a YouTube video showing a couple of its robots working in a BMW factory. Figure AI has drawn attention for making claims that its AI-powered robots possess human-like fine motor skills and can manipulate objects with precision.

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