Austin-based Apptronik has announced a $520 million extension to its Series A, bringing total capital to nearly $1 billion as it gears up for mass production of the Apollo humanoid and a new robot debut in 2026.
Founder Scott LaValley confirms the closure of Cartwheel Robotics after four years, citing a failure to secure the "oxygen" of capital despite the viral success of the Yogi humanoid.
Pittsburgh-based Skild AI has closed a massive funding round led by SoftBank and NVIDIA, cementing its lead in the race to develop a universal "omni-bodied" brain for robotics.
CEO Brett Adcock announces a new internal team dedicated to massive-scale fundraising, aiming to secure the capital needed to scale humanoid robot production and deployment globally.