Brett Adcock

Brett Adcock (born April 6, 1986) is an American technology entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Figure AI, an AI startup working on a general-purpose humanoid robot. In 2018, Adcock founded Archer Aviation,  five years after he started Vettery. As of June 2024, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$1.4 billion.

Early life and education
Adcock was raised on his family's farm just outside of Moweaqua, Illinois. At the age of sixteen, Adcock began working on web companies, which included an e-commerce site focused on outdoor electronics and a content site called Street of Walls. He subsequently graduated as the valedictorian of Central A&M High School.

Initially majoring in engineering, Adcock then studied at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2008.

Career
In 2013, Adcock founded Vettery (which later became known as Hired), a talent marketplace that matched job seekers with employers who needed technical expertise. In 2018, the Adecco Group bought Vettery for $100 million. The same year, Adcock started eVTOL company Archer Aviation. In 2022 he founded Figure, an AI startup based in Sunnyvale that is working on a general-purpose humanoid robot. Adcock assembled Figure's team from people working at Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Google DeepMind and Apple. Adcock opines that the creation of humanoid robots will mitigate labor shortages.

Personal life
Brett Adcock resides in Palo Alto, California, with his wife and two children. Adcock has a penchant for the Robot series authored by Isaac Asimov—novels that influenced his career.