Frontier Tech Intelligence reads 100+ sources in eleven languages every day and tags every dated finding that bears on this question. In the last 90 days, 187 findings in humanoid robotics did; the companies named most often were Agility Robotics (13), AgiBot (9), Figure (8). Since 1 Jan 2024 the count is 630. Below are the latest findings with their outlet and date, and the companies they name.
Bleu Robotics raised €5 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted, WEPA, and technology investor Charlie Songhurst. The French company is developing AI software that teaches humanoid robots new factory tasks with fewer demonstrations and aims to shorten deployment times.
The AI Insider · Bleu RoboticsThe French startup is developing software intended to teach industrial humanoids new tasks in under an hour. Initial factory deployments have not yet begun.
Humanoids Daily · Bleu RoboticsThe Paris-based startup is developing AI models for industrial humanoid robots and aims to reduce full deployment to one hour or less. The round was co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted, WEPA Ventures, and Motier Ventures.
EU-Startups · Bleu RoboticsPhysical Intelligence is discussing a financing round of at least $1 billion based on an approximately $20 billion valuation. Existing investors Avenir and Lux Capital are considering leading the round, which has not yet been completed.
Robot News · Physical IntelligenceThe full-body multimodal tactile-sensing solutions company MoSense completed the financing recently, led by CDH Investments and Oasis Capital, with follow-on participation from Galbot, Loongson Capital, CAS Star, Huashan Capital, Pudong Venture Capital, and an unnamed domestic embodied-intelligence manufacturer. Houlang Capital served as the company’s long-term exclusive financial adviser.
36Kr newsflashes · CAS Star, CDH Investments, Galbot, Huashan Capital, Loongson Capital, MoSense, Oasis Capital, Pudong Venture CapitalChinese companies including Hong Kong-listed UBTech Robotics and Shanghai-based start-up Anyverse Dynamics are expanding beyond dance performances and showroom demonstrations to pursue factory trials and commercial deployments in South Korea. The move coincides with Seoul increasing investment in physical artificial intelligence.
SCMP Tech · Anyverse Dynamics, UBTech RoboticsNoetix Robotics could raise several hundred million dollars and list as early as 2027. The filing follows a funding round led by an investment platform affiliated with CATL.
Humanoids Daily · CATL, Noetix RoboticsTesla included increased Optimus manufacturing capacity in its planned capital-spending expansion over the next several years.
36Kr newsflashes · TeslaPhoenix Gen 8 combines a humanlike upper body with a wheeled base and is designed for stable positioning and precise manipulation rather than bipedal movement. The robot stands 170 cm tall, weighs 70 kg, and has a listed lifting capacity of 25 kg.
humanoid.guide · Sanctuary AITesla reported a 43% decline in profit, while revenue was flat and expenses increased sharply as the company increased investment in Optimus robots, artificial intelligence, and autonomous driving.
TechCrunch · TeslaKAIST’s latest humanoid demonstration used onboard vision to push objects weighing up to 35 kg and lift objects weighing up to 20 kg, extending the platform beyond locomotion into object handling.
Humanoids DailyCharm Care Corporation, which operates more than 100 private nursing homes across the Kansai and Tokyo regions, is investing ¥300 million (approximately $2 million) in Donut Robotics to support development of a humanoid robot for elderly care.
Robot News · Charm Care, Charm Care Corporation, Donut RoboticsMembers see all 187 findings of the period and the answer written from them, by segment and company, updated daily.
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187 dated findings in humanoid robotics bear on this in the last 90 days (suppliers whose funding, backlog and capacity show they can deliver what they sold). The companies named most in the last 90 days: Agility Robotics (13), AgiBot (9), Figure (8), Tesla (8), Unitree (8). Latest: Bleu Robotics raises €5 million in pre-seed funding for humanoid robot factory software (The AI Insider, 30 Oct 2026) Bleu Robotics raised €5 million to develop robot-learning software for industrial humanoids. (Humanoids Daily, 29 Oct 2026) Bleu Robotics raised €5 million in a pre-seed round to accelerate humanoid robot task-learning. (EU-Startups, 29 Oct 2026) Frontier Tech Intelligence, from 100+ sources.
The companies named most in the last 90 days: Agility Robotics (13), AgiBot (9), Figure (8), Tesla (8), Unitree (8). Counted over 187 findings of the last 90 days.
Bleu Robotics raises €5 million in pre-seed funding for humanoid robot factory software (The AI Insider, 30 Oct 2026) Bleu Robotics raised €5 million to develop robot-learning software for industrial humanoids. (Humanoids Daily, 29 Oct 2026) Bleu Robotics raised €5 million in a pre-seed round to accelerate humanoid robot task-learning. (EU-Startups, 29 Oct 2026)
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