Overview
- The new $500 million financing was led by SoftBank and includes investments from Nvidia, Hitachi’s investment arm and T. Capital.
- Agile Robots makes physically capable AI systems—called 'körperliche Künstliche Intelligenz'—that pair software with sensitive robot arms, hands, mobile platforms and humanoid machines to handle delicate factory tasks.
- The company plans to use the proceeds to accelerate a U.S. market entry and to develop new industrial applications for its robots.
- Agile Robots opened a Fürstenfeldbruck production site earlier in 2026 that is designed to produce up to 10,000 humanoid robots a year as it scales manufacturing.
- The firm says it has more than 20,000 automation systems deployed worldwide, over 3,500 employees and 650 patents, and it has grown through acquisitions such as Franka Robotics which bolsters its arm and gripper business.