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Figure AI vs Sanctuary AI

A side-by-side comparison of Figure AI and Sanctuary AI, two Robotics tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.

Compared from listings verified as of

Figure AI

Robotics

Humanoid robots powered by Helix, an in-house vision-language-action model.

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Sanctuary AI

Robotics

Phoenix, a general-purpose humanoid robot driven by the Carbon AI control system.

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At a glance

Feature comparison of Figure AI and Sanctuary AI
AttributeFigure AISanctuary AI
CategoryRoboticsRobotics
PricingPAIDPAID
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
DeploymentLocalLocal
PlatformsAPIAPI
Model supportSelf-contained (on-device)Self-contained (on-device)
Vendor (differs)Figure AISanctuary AI

The honest brief

Figure AI

Exited its OpenAI deal to own the full stack — Helix runs onboard, so hardware and AI are built end-to-end in-house.

  • Proprietary Helix VLA model
  • Full-stack hardware + AI
  • Real pilots (BMW manufacturing)
  • Figure 03 targets the home
  • Not a buyable product yet
  • Capital-intensive, long timelines
  • General-purpose autonomy unproven at scale

Sanctuary AI

Carbon's hybrid stack — symbolic reasoning plus LLMs and RL — cuts Phoenix task onboarding to under 24 hours.

  • Highly dexterous hands
  • Hybrid Carbon control system
  • New tasks taught in under a day
  • Explainable reasoning layer
  • Not generally available; enterprise/pilot
  • Narrow deployed task range so far
  • Capital-intensive hardware
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