Agile Robots raises $500 million in SoftBank-led round
The funding values the German robotics company at $8.5 billion. Agile Robots plans to use it to expand in the US and add production capacity, including in Germany.
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The funding values the German robotics company at $8.5 billion. Agile Robots plans to use it to expand in the US and add production capacity, including in Germany.
Agile Robots said on 12 November that it had raised $500 million in a funding round led by SoftBank, valuing the company at $8.5 billion. Nvidia and Hitachi also participated.
The Munich-based maker of humanoid robots and robotic arms plans to use the financing to expand in the US and add production capacity, including in Germany, CNA Business said.
Earlier in 2026, Agile Robots opened a factory in Fürstenfeldbruck, near Munich, to meet what it described as rapidly rising demand. The company says the site can produce up to 10,000 legged and wheeled humanoid robots a year.
Agile Robots was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center. It employs more than 2,000 research and development specialists and holds more than 650 patents.
In September 2021, Agile Robots raised $220 million in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. That financing valued the company at more than $1 billion.
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