Brett Adcock: Humanoid Run on Neural Net, Autonomous Manufacturing, $50T Market #229

February 11, 2026

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The Format: Casual interview podcast recorded live at Figure AI headquarters in San Jose, following a facility tour of robot labs, manufacturing lines, and test areas.
The Key Players:
- Brett Adcock: Founder/CEO of Figure AI, serial entrepreneur (ex-Archer Aviation), known for rapid humanoid robot breakthroughs; invested in by hosts' funds.
- Peter Diamandis & Dave (DB2): Hosts of Moonshots podcast; Diamandis is futurist/author, excited investor in Figure, guiding deep-dive questions.
The Vibe: Electric and optimistic—futuristic excitement mixed with technical education, awe at demos, banter on sci-fi abundance.

The episode dives into Figure AI's explosive progress, emphasizing neural nets over code, scaling challenges, and a path to ubiquitous humanoids.

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1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Brett Adcock**
2 (02:19) **Figure Tour and Helix 2 Demo**
3 (05:01) **Neural Nets vs Traditional Coding**
4 (09:18) **Figure 3 Hardware Designed for AI**
5 (10:26) **OpenAI Partnership and LLM Limits**
6 (16:33) **Competition and Teleop Critique**
7 (20:00) **Long-Horizon Autonomy Goals**

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Peter & Dave sit down with Brett Adcock to discuss the future of Figure and Humanoid Robots.

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Brett Adcock is the founder of Figure, an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots.

Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360

Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures

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