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February 15, 2026
Humanoid Robot Maker Apptronik Hits $5.3B Valuation
Published: February 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Updated: February 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
100-word summary
Apptronik just closed a massive $520 million Series A extension, bringing its total Series A to over $935 million and pushing the Austin-based humanoid robotics startup to a $5.3 billion valuation—a 3x jump from its initial round. Heavy hitters like Google, Mercedes-Benz, AT&T Ventures, John Deere, and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund are backing the company's Apollo humanoid robot, which tackles manufacturing and logistics tasks alongside humans. Apptronik is using the cash to scale Apollo production, expand global deployments, and build robot training facilities, with a new bot dropping in 2026. This signals humanoid robots are moving from sci-fi demos to real-world floors, as major corporations bet billions that general-purpose robots...
What happened
Apptronik just closed a massive $520 million Series A extension, bringing its total Series A to over $935 million and pushing the Austin-based humanoid robotics startup to a $5.3 billion valuation—a 3x jump from its initial round. Heavy hitters like Google, Mercedes-Benz, AT&T Ventures, John Deere, and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund are backing the company's Apollo humanoid robot, which tackles manufacturing and logistics tasks alongside humans. Apptronik is using the cash to scale Apollo production, expand global deployments, and build robot training facilities, with a new bot dropping in 2026.
Why it matters
This signals humanoid robots are moving from sci-fi demos to real-world floors, as major corporations bet billions that general-purpose robots will reshape labor in manufacturing, logistics, retail, and beyond.