Facts

• Segment: Humanoid
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2016
• Website: https://apptronik.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Record / Articles
• Sources

Summary

Apptronik builds general-purpose humanoid robots for work in spaces designed around people. Its Apollo robot is aimed at industrial and logistics tasks, with pilots and partnerships focused on bringing humanoid automation into existing factories, warehouses and supply-chain operations.

Market context

Apollo is designed for deployment in logistics and manufacturing, targeting repetitive labor tasks with a human-compatible form factor and force-controlled interaction for safe operation alongside workers. Apollo Independent robotics company.

• Capability: humanoid robot development full-stack robotics (hardware + software + control systems) general-purpose manipulation warehouse and manufacturing task automation
• Strategic position: humanoid platform · general-purpose robotics

Products

• Apollo

Facts

• Website: https://apptronik.com
• HQ: Austin, TX, United States
• Founded: 2016
• Segment: Humanoid
• Funding total: $350M
• Known funding rounds: 9
• Latest funding date: 2026-02-11

Funding

• 2026-02-11 - Series A extension - $1B - Apptronik $520M Series A-X - source: techcrunch.com
• 2026-02-11 - Series A-X extension - $520M - Apptronik raises $520M Series A-X extension for Apollo humanoid production - source: apptronik.com
• 2026-02-11 - Series A-X extension - $935M - Apptronik closes more than $935M Series A financing for Apollo scale-up - source: globenewswire.com
• 2025-03-18 - Series A extension - $53M - Apptronik closes additional Series A funding, bringing total round to $403M - source: apptronik.com
• 2025-03-18 - Series A additional close - $53M - Apptronik closes additional Series A funding, bringing total round to $403M (RETRACTED 15478) - source: apptronik.com
• 2025-03-18 - Series A additional close - Apptronik extends Series A to $403M with strategic manufacturing investors - source: apptronik.com
• 2025-02-13 - Series A - $350M - Apptronik raises $350M Series A to scale Apollo humanoid production - source: apptronik.com
• 2025-02-13 - Apptronik raises $350M Series A to scale Apollo humanoid robot production (RETRACTED 10208) - source: apptronik.com
• 2022-06-14 - Seed - $15M - Apptronik secures $14.6M seed round to accelerate general-purpose robot commercialization - source: apptronik.com

Investors

• B Capital - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2026-02-11
• Google - Participant - Corporate / Cvc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2026-02-11
• Capital Factory - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-06-14 - latest 2025-02-13
• AT&T Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• B Capital; Google; Mercedes-Benz; PEAK6; AT&T Ventures; John Deere; Qatar Investment Authority - Lead - Corporate / Cvc - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-02-11
• John Deere - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• Mercedes-Benz - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• PEAK6 - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• Qatar Investment Authority - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• Grit Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-14
• Perot Jain - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-14

Commercial humanoid robot company

Apptronik develops Apollo, a commercial humanoid robot for warehouses, manufacturing plants and other labour-constrained environments.

• Target environment: Warehouses, manufacturing plants, logistics sites, retail operations, industrial facilities and future healthcare settings.
• Deployment model: Humanoid robot development and enterprise deployment through Apollo systems, manufacturing partners and customer pilots.
• Customer context: Manufacturers, logistics operators, automotive companies, retail operators and enterprise customers evaluating humanoid labour.
• Workflow context: Case handling, downstacking, trailer unloading, line replenishment, machine tending, sortation and factory material movement.
• Commercial maturity: Scaling commercial humanoid company with major funding and enterprise partnerships tied to Apollo production and deployment.
• Market position: Humanoid robot builder pursuing mass-manufacturable robots for industrial and logistics work.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on task reliability, production scale, safety, support, customer workflow integration and proof beyond pilot deployments.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes commercial humanoids, logistics robots, factory humanoids and embodied AI for labour automation.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-02-11 - Funding - Apptronik $520M Series A-X - Sign up today Apptronik Apptronik raised its total capital raised to nearly $1 billion, utilizing a further Series A round to fund more production of its Apollo humano…
• 2026-02-11 - Funding - Apptronik raises $520M Series A-X extension for Apollo humanoid production - Apptronik announced a $520 million Series A-X extension with backing from existing and new investors.
• 2026-02-11 - Funding - Apptronik closes more than $935M Series A financing for Apollo scale-up - Apptronik announced that its Series A financing had reached more than $935 million.
• 2025-10-29 - Award - Apptronik Receives 2025 A-LIST Manufacturing Excellence Award - Apptronik was honored with the Manufacturing Excellence Award at the 2025 A-LIST Awards.
• 2025-06-24 - Company Formation - Apptronik launches Elevate Robotics for superhuman industrial automation - Apptronik launched Elevate Robotics, a subsidiary focused on superhuman industrial automation.
• 2025-06-16 - Research Publication - Virginia Tech thesis studies real-world reinforcement learning deployment on Apptronik Apollo - The Virginia Tech master's thesis is titled Deploying Reinforcement Learning in the Rea…
• 2025-06-10 - Award - Apptronik named to CNBC's 2025 Disruptor 50 list - • Apptronik was named #33 on CNBC's 2025 Disruptor 50 list, recognizing the world's most innovative and fast-growing private companies.
• 2025-03-18 - Funding - Apptronik closes additional Series A funding, bringing total round to $403M - Apptronik added $53M to its previously announced $350M Series A round.
• 2025-03-18 - Funding - Apptronik closes additional Series A funding, bringing total round to $403M (RETRACTED 15478) - Apptronik closed an additional $53 million in Series A funding, bringing the total round to $403 mil…
• 2025-03-18 - Funding - Apptronik extends Series A to $403M with strategic manufacturing investors - Apptronik closed additional Series A funding, bringing the round total to $403 million.
• 2025-02-25 - Partnership - Apptronik and Jabil partner to scale Apollo humanoid production - Apptronik and Jabil announced a collaboration to scale production of Apollo humanoid robots.
• 2025-02-13 - Funding - Apptronik raises $350M Series A to scale Apollo humanoid production - Apptronik raised a $350 million Series A co-led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with participation from Google.
• 2025-02-13 - Funding - Apptronik raises $350M Series A to scale Apollo humanoid robot production (RETRACTED 10208) - Funding supports scaling of humanoid robot manufacturing
• 2024-12-26 - Deployment - Apptronik pilots Apollo robot for Amplifier's holiday order fulfillment - Apollo sorts orders into outbound shipping containers, showcasing advanced perception and dexterous handling capabiliti…
• 2024-06-20 - Partnership - GXO and Apptronik launch multi-phase humanoid robotics pilot program - GXO announced a multi-phase R&D initiative with Apptronik to test Apollo humanoids in logistics operations.
• 2024-03-15 - Partnership - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz pilot Apollo humanoids in manufacturing facilities - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz entered a commercial agreement to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in Mercedes manufact…
• 2023-08-23 - Product Launch - Apptronik unveils Apollo humanoid robot for industrial work - Apptronik unveiled Apollo, an all-electric humanoid robot designed for industrial and logistics tasks alongside people.
• 2022-11-02 - Product Launch - PSYONIC releases Ability Hand for research users - PSYONIC announced the Ability Hand was being released for robotics researchers worldwide.
• 2022-09-20 - Partnership - Apptronik partners with NASA to accelerate Apollo humanoid robot commercialization - Apptronik announced a NASA partnership to accelerate commercialization of Apollo, its general-purpose human…
• 2022-06-14 - Funding - Apptronik secures $14.6M seed round to accelerate general-purpose robot commercialization - Apptronik secured $14.6 million in seed funding to accelerate commercialization of general-purpose robot…
• 2016-01-01 - Company Formation - Apptronik founded as University of Texas spinout building humanoid robotics systems - Originates from the University of Texas Human Centered Robotics Lab

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-02-11 - Funding - Apptronik raises $520M Series A-X extension for Apollo humanoid production - Apptronik announced a $520 million Series A-X extension with backing from existing and new investors.
• 2025-02-25 - Partnership - Apptronik and Jabil partner to scale Apollo humanoid production - Apptronik and Jabil announced a collaboration to scale production of Apollo humanoid robots.
• 2025-02-13 - Funding - Apptronik raises $350M Series A to scale Apollo humanoid production - Apptronik raised a $350 million Series A co-led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with participation from Google.
• 2025-02-13 - Funding - Apptronik raises $350M Series A to scale Apollo humanoid robot production (RETRACTED 10208) - Funding supports scaling of humanoid robot manufacturing
• 2024-06-20 - Partnership - GXO and Apptronik launch multi-phase humanoid robotics pilot program - GXO announced a multi-phase R&D initiative with Apptronik to test Apollo humanoids in logistics operations.
• 2024-03-15 - Partnership - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz pilot Apollo humanoids in manufacturing facilities - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz entered a commercial agreement to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in Mercedes manufact…

Team

• Jeff Cardenas - Co-founder, CEO
• Nicholas Paine - Co-Founder and CTO

Supply chain relationships

• Apollo manufacturing pilot - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz entered a commercial agreement to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities.
• Jabil - partner - Apptronik and Jabil collaborate to scale production of Apollo humanoid robots and deploy them in manufacturing operations.

Relationships

• NASA - partner - Apptronik partnered with NASA on general-purpose humanoid robot development for terrestrial and space applications.
• GXO - customer - GXO announced a multi-phase R&D initiative with Apptronik to evaluate Apollo humanoid robots in logistics operations.
• Mercedes-Benz Group - customer - Mercedes-Benz entered a commercial agreement with Apptronik to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in manufacturing facilities.
• Google DeepMind - partner - Apptronik partnered with Google DeepMind Robotics to accelerate development of AI-powered humanoid robots.
• PSYONIC - End effector supplier - PSYONIC named Apptronik among early research users and buyers for the Ability Hand API.
• Google DeepMind - Gemini Robotics collaboration - Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics; public blog positions Apptronik among partners in the model program.

Context tags

• Pilot deployments - Commercial Stage - Commercial maturity as announced pilots and partnership trials
• Dexterous manipulation - Capability - Hand and arm manipulation capability disclosed
• Humanoid industrial builder - Peer Group - Core peer group: Apollo humanoid for industrial work
• Industrial task execution - Workflow - Apollo targeting industrial manufacturing workflows
• Warehouse material handling - Workflow - Material handling relevant to Apollo industrial positioning
• Whole-body control - Capability - NASA Valkyrie heritage suggests whole-body control capability
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Builds complete Apollo humanoid robot system
• Bipedal locomotion - Capability - Apollo demonstrated bipedal walking and mobility
• Factories - Customer Environment - Positioned for manufacturing and industrial environments
• Warehouses - Customer Environment - Logistics and material handling environments

Customers and deployments

• Named Pilot Site - 1 named pilot site - 2025-02-25 - Jabil - electronics manufacturing - Jabil and Apptronik said newly manufactured Apollo humanoid robots would use Jabil factory environments for validation testing and…
• Named Pilot Sites - 1 named pilot site - 2024-03-15 - Mercedes-Benz - automotive manufacturing logistics - Apptronik announced a commercial agreement with Mercedes-Benz to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in Mercedes-Benz m…

Record / Articles

• 2026-02-11 - Apptronik raises $520M to scale Apollo humanoid production - Apptronik’s Series A-X extension brings its total Series A to more than $935M, with new capital aimed at Apollo production, commercial deployment…