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Apptronik Raises $520M to Ramp Up Apollo Humanoid Production, Nearing $1B Total
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Apptronik Raises $520M to Ramp Up Apollo Humanoid Production, Nearing $1B Total

Apptronik has raised a $520 million Series A-X funding round, bringing its total Series A to over $935 million and total capital raised to nearly $1 billion. The Austin-based humanoid developer plans to ramp up production of its Apollo humanoid robot and expand global commercial deployments. Apollo, built on nearly a decade of development across 15 previous robots including NASA's Valkyrie, is designed to work alongside humans in manufacturing, logistics, and eventually healthcare and homes. Apptronik has partnerships with Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics, Jabil, and Google DeepMind — the latter powering Apollo with Gemini Robotics. The company also plans to build new facilities for robot training and data collection, and expects to debut the newest version of Apollo later this year.

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