Humanoid Robotics Technology
Figure has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Brookfield, one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers, with over $1 trillion of assets and 100,000 residential units under management. Under the agreement, Brookfield will support Figure in developing the world’s largest and most diverse real-world humanoid pretraining dataset, building critical AI infrastructure for scaling Helix—Figure’s proprietary vision-language-action model—and facilitating the deployment of humanoid robots in new commercial settings. As part of the broader partnership, Brookfield has also invested in Figure’s Series C fundraising round.
“This partnership marks a major milestone in Figure’s journey to build general-purpose humanoid robots,” said Brett Adcock, Founder and CEO of Figure. “Brookfield’s scale provides an unmatched platform to capture massive amounts of real-world, humanlike navigation and manipulation data across a variety of household environments necessary to unlock general-purpose humanoid robots.”
Bruce Flatt, CEO of Brookfield, commented, “This approach to collaboration furthers Brookfield’s position at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence to drive productivity in real assets and business.”
Stewart Upson, Head of Global Strategy for Brookfield, added, “Brookfield is proud to be collaborating with Figure, unlocking direct deployment opportunities over time with a view to enhancing our operations.”
Building the Largest Pretraining Dataset for Helix
The partnership represents a historic advancement in humanoid intelligence development. Brookfield, one of the world’s largest real estate owners, manages over 100,000 residential units, 500 million square feet of commercial office space, and 160 million square feet of logistics space. These environments are strategic for Figure’s data collection project for Helix. Using human video capture across Brookfield’s properties, Figure will amass critical AI training data to teach humanoid robots how to move, perceive, and act in human-centric spaces. Data collection efforts in Brookfield environments have already begun and will continue to scale in the coming months.
Building the AI Infrastructure of the Future
Beyond data collection, the partnership will explore broader infrastructure collaboration, including next-generation GPU data centers, real estate for robotic training environments, and commercial use cases across Brookfield’s global portfolio.
Accelerating Commercial Deployment of Humanoid Robots
Figure and Brookfield will also evaluate opportunities to deploy humanoid robots within Brookfield’s properties over time. Figure has initiated early commercial deployments with select customers, and integration into Brookfield’s platform will demonstrate scalability across sectors and applications. Together, the companies aim to tackle one of the most ambitious challenges in AI: enabling robots to perform a wide range of real-world tasks in human environments, improving productivity and efficiency.
SOURCE: Figure
