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54 Figure AI CEO says over 170,000 people have applied to his robot company in the last 3 years. He hired fewer than 500.

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Lloyd Lee @ Business Insider · 12/13/2025 22:13 EDT

Figure AI CEO says over 170,000 people have applied to his robot company in the last 3 years. He hired fewer than 500.

Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock said on X that his company reviewed 176,000 resumes but most of them were "slop." Less than 450 people were hired, he said.

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