{"city":"Austin","name":"Apptronik","slug":"apptronik","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-13","type":"partnership","value":"Opened Robot Park to collect Apollo 2 training data","source":"humanoid.guide"},{"date":"2026-08-28","type":"partnership","value":"Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation assembled 39 researchers from six universities and industry collaborators including Apptronik","source":"The AI Insider"},{"date":"2026-08-28","type":"partnership","value":"Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation assembled researchers from six universities and industry collaborators including Apptronik","source":"The AI Insider"},{"date":"2026-08-21","type":"partnership","value":"Apptronik, Mercedes-Benz and Jabil moving Apollo toward industrial deployment and production","source":"The AI Insider"},{"date":"2026-08-21","type":"funding_round","value":"Series A financing expanded to more than $935 million","source":"The AI Insider"},{"date":"2026-08-21","type":"partnership","value":"Apptronik, Mercedes-Benz, and Jabil moving Apollo toward industrial deployment and production","source":"The AI Insider"}],"peers":[{"name":"BYD","rank":8,"slug":"byd","score":"86"},{"name":"Agility Robotics","rank":12,"slug":"agility-robotics","score":"84"},{"name":"UBTech Robotics","rank":17,"slug":"ubtech-robotics","score":"79.5"},{"name":"AGILE Robots","rank":28,"slug":"agile-robots","score":"74"},{"name":"Oversonic Robotics","rank":31,"slug":"oversonic-robotics","score":"72"},{"name":"AI2 Robotics","rank":44,"slug":"ai2-robotics","score":"65"}],"stage":"Private","state":"Texas","aliases":["Apptronik Apollo","Apptronik"],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Apptronik develops and sells Apollo humanoid robots for material handling and repetitive workflows across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and retail.","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":20,"tier":"member","layer":"Systems","total":77,"domain":"Humanoids","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":5,"deployment":5,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Industrial & logistics"},{"why":"Apollo combines embodied AI with fleet-level management tools intended to support scalable deployment of robot fleets.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":64,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"leverage":4,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":7,"commercial":4,"deployment":4,"production":5,"technology":7},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":2016,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-26","header":"Tesla, Figure, and Apptronik are preparing new humanoid robots without announcing reveal dates.","outlet":"Humanoids Daily"},{"date":"2026-10-14","header":"Google demonstrated Gemini 4 Argon controlling Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid in a cornhole task","outlet":"humanoid.guide"},{"date":"2026-10-08","header":"Jabil is working with humanoid robot developer Apptronik.","outlet":"The Robot Report"},{"date":"2026-09-30","header":"Microagi hires Animesh Garg and the Usable Robots team to advance reliable robot models.","outlet":"Humanoids Daily"},{"date":"2026-09-30","header":"Microagi hires Animesh Garg to lead robot-model post-training and industrial deployment efforts.","outlet":"Humanoids Daily"},{"date":"2026-09-30","header":"Microagi hired Animesh Garg to lead robot-model post-training and industrial deployment efforts.","outlet":"Humanoids Daily"}],"website":"https://apptronik.com","category":"Humanoids · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Industrial & logistics","domain":"Humanoids","parent":"Humanoids · Systems"},{"name":"Fleet operations","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Infrastructure"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-27T10:00:58.724+00:00","facts_total":147,"positioning":"Apptronik is a US humanoid maker whose Apollo robot is produced by Jabil on an automotive-grade path, with a new-generation robot debut announced for 2026 and a Google DeepMind partnership putting Gemini Robotics on Apollo. It closed $935M+ in Series A funding (a $403M round in March 2025 and a $520M Series A-X in February 2026; ~$5B secondary valuation) with Mercedes-Benz taking an equity stake and a multi-plant deployment (described as the second most significant automotive humanoid deployment after BMW/Figure) plus a GXO partnership. It is effectively pre-revenue at disclosure level (pilot-only, quote-based).","sub_category":"Industrial & logistics","signals_total":166,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/apptronik","title":"Apptronik · humanoids, Austin, Texas, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Apptronik develops and sells Apollo humanoid robots for material handling and repetitive workflows across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and retail. Humanoids 100 rank 20 (score 77) 166 signals and 147 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}