Figure CEO speaks out on OpenAI split: 'We're going to be competitors'

Figure's partnership with OpenAI lasted less than a year. CEO Brett Adcock explained why the humanoid company parted ways with the AI company. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Bloomberg/Getty Images Figure CEO Brett Adcock said that its partnership with OpenAI provided "very little" value. Adcock said he struggled to get the OpenAI team into the office to run demos, and that the partnership made hiring difficult. Then OpenAI said it wanted to develop humanoids in-house. "I was just like, 'This is...