CEO of the $39 billion robot company whose humanoid walked with Melania Trump at the White House tells why he ended partnership with Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock revealed his departure from an OpenAI collaboration, citing a lack of value and his team’s superior progress in robotics AI. He emphasized that embodied AI requires hands-on testing, not just simulations. The partnership dissolved when OpenAI began its own humanoid development, which Adcock viewed as learning from a competitor. Brett…