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Figure committed $3.5B to Nscale for up to 100,000 Vera Rubin GPUs, and Nscale took a stake in Figure.

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2026-09-04

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Starting at $3.5 billion with plans to exceed $6 billion, initial deployment targeted for the second half of 2027 in Barstow, Texas, earmarked for training Helix, Figure's humanoid control model. Both sides said they'll explore using Figure's robots inside Nscale's supply chain. Nscale taking equity plus the robot-deployment clause makes this partly a customer-financing loop rather than a straight purchase. PR Newswire

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Figure committed $3.5B to Nscale for up to 100,000 Vera Rubin GPUs, and Nscale took a stake in Figure.

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