Agile Robots Raises $500M at $8.5B Valuation, Backed by SoftBank and NVIDIA
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-11-12
Munich-based Agile Robots SE raised $500M in Series F at an $8.5B valuation, bringing total funding to $2B. SoftBank led, with NVIDIA, Hitachi Group, and T. Capital participating. Founded in 2018 as a DLR spin-off by Zhaopeng Chen, it built an industrial business first (20,000+ installed robotic solutions, 3,500+ employees, 650+ patents) and is now moving into Physical AI, with a new Fürstenfeldbruck plant able to produce up to 10,000 legged and wheeled humanoids.
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