Sept 3 (Reuters) – AI cloud firm Nscale on Thursday signed a multi-year deal to provide compute resources for the development of humanoid robotics company Figure’s AI models and robots.
Nscale said it will initially commit $3.5 billion in compute resources for Figure. Here are some key details:
• Initial graphics processing units (GPUs) are targeted for deployment starting in the second half of 2027 in Barstow, Texas, Nscale said.
• The AI cloud firm, which competes with CoreWeave and Nebius, plans to scale the computing investment to more than $6 billion.
• Nscale said it will become a Figure shareholder and its preferred compute provider through the deal, powering the next generation of Figure’s Helix models and humanoid robotics.
• The companies will also explore scaling Nscale’s supply chain with humanoids.
• Nscale intends to potentially deploy up to 100,000 Nvidia chips for Figure.
(Reporting by Prathik Jayaprakash in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)
