Austin-based robotics startup Apptronik has raised more than $500 million in new funding, pushing its latest round close to $1 billion as it scales production of its Apollo humanoid robot.

The autonomous construction tech provider now boasts total funding of over $350 million and a valuation of $1.75 billion.

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Apptronik is going to ramp product of Apollo, its humanoid robot, with an extra half-billion of funding, totally $935 million in Series A investment.

Whether or not 2026 really is the big year of physical AI (I think it’s likelier to be the year when agentic AI breaks out) and robotics, much hype surrounds recent comments made by the great Nvidia ...

After receiving “substantial inbound investor interest,” AI-powered robotics company Apptronik says it raised $520 million in an extension of its $415 million Series A in February 2025, bringing the ...

iRobot Safe will now handle data for US customers’ Roomba robot vacuum cleaners.

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Robotics stocks gain attention as AI advances boost drone defence, surgical robotics and hybrid autonomy across global markets.

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Developing a durable and affordable hand is one of the biggest challenges in robotics.