TeardexRobots/Parts/AI model
OpenAI-trained speech models
AI models for holding a spoken conversation, built for Figure with OpenAI. They let the Figure 02 listen and answer out loud at its 2024 launch. Figure said in February 2025 that it was ending its deal with OpenAI.
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- robots in the database
- OpenAI
- made by
- AI model
- brain layer
- Not public
- price
Key numbers
- Made with
- OpenAI
- Used for
- speech in and speech out
- Status
- Figure said in 2025 it was moving to its own models
Source: TechCrunch, Figure drops OpenAI in favor of in-house models (techcrunch.com)
Strengths and trade-offs
Our analysisStrengths
Gave the robot fluent conversation without Figure having to build it.
Drew on one of the most capable language models available.
Trade-offs
Left a core ability in another company's hands.
A general language model is not built around a robot's body.
The partnership has ended, so this is most likely no longer in use.
Why robot makers choose it
Our readFor a young company, borrowing a top language model was the quickest way to a robot that talks. Once Figure had its own model, depending on a partner for something so central made less sense.
This is our reasoning from the public facts. No maker has confirmed it.
Robots using it
This list covers only the robots researched so far. A robot missing here may still use this part.
Numbers and listed prices on this page come from the sources shown. Anything marked as our analysis, our read or our estimate is our own view and has not been confirmed by any company. Last checked 12 Oct 2026. How we verify