Rob Gruendel left Figure in September 2025 after leading product-safety engineering for its humanoid robots. A public federal court order gives September 2 as the end of his employment; the parties dispute the reason for the termination, and Turing Tree takes no position on that dispute.
Gruendel's professional profile says he became Principal Safety Engineer at an unnamed stealth startup in December 2025. Until the company identifies itself publicly, Turing Tree is leaving the destination organization blank rather than creating a generic record that could refer to multiple unrelated companies.