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AI CURATED HOT STORY · 11/12/2026

SoftBank Leads $500M Round in Agile Robots at $8.5B Valuation

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Munich-based humanoid robot maker Agile Robots raised $500M led by SoftBank Group, with Nvidia, Hitachi and T.Capital participating, lifting its valuation to $8.5B and cumulative funding to roughly $2B. The capital will scale manufacturing and US expansion, with the company targeting about 2,000 humanoid units in 2026 and already testing systems at customers including Audi.

LATEST/Munich-based humanoid robot maker Agile Robots raised $500M led by SoftBank Group, with Nvidia, Hitachi and T.Capital participating, lifting its valuation to $8.5B and cumulative funding to roughly $2B. The capital will scale manufacturing and US expansion, with the company targeting about 2,000 humanoid units in 2026 and already testing systems at customers including Audi.

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  1. IT之家 · 智能时代T2·78 pts

    SoftBank Leads $500M Round in Agile Robots at $8.5B Valuation

    • The $500M round was led by SoftBank with Nvidia, Hitachi and T.Capital participating, valuing the company at $8.5B with ~$2B raised to date
    • Agile Robots targets about 2,000 humanoid units in 2026 and 2-3x that in 2027, backed by a new factory near Munich
    • Systems are already being tested at manufacturing customers including Audi, alongside a ~40kg robot for university and lab research
    • CEO Zhaopeng Chen cites battery life, weight distribution and real-world training data quality as key remaining bottlenecks