Financial technology company Figure Technologies, headquartered in the United States, announced today that it will establish an independent company called Figure Markets. This is the "first step" in developing a single platform for investors to trade various blockchain native assets, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and alternative investments.Figure Markets has completed a $60 million Series A financing round, led by Jump Crypto, Pantera Capital, and Lightspeed Faction. Other participants include Distributed Global, Ribbit Capital, and CMT Digital.Figure also stated that the company is committed to developing a stablecoin as a secure alternative to registration for use in its ecosystem.

AI robot company Figure announced the completion of a $675 million financing, with a valuation of $2.6 billion. Investors include Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, etc. In addition, Figure has signed a cooperation agreement with OpenAI to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence models for humanoid robots. Figure will use Microsoft Azure as its platform for AI infrastructure, training, and storage.