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Figure AI Has 10,000+ Deployments and a BMW Contract. Tesla Has Zero

An engineering fact-check of 2026 humanoid robotics. Compare Figure AI's BMW Spartanburg deployment (Figure 03) against Tesla Optimus V3 internal production timelines.

Sachin Sharma
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Aug 1, 2026
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Figure AI Has 10,000+ Deployments and a BMW Contract. Tesla Has Zero
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An engineering fact-check of 2026 humanoid robotics. Compare Figure AI's BMW Spartanburg deployment (Figure 03) against Tesla Optimus V3 internal production timelines.

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