NEURA Robotics — Germany's NEURA announced a Series C of up to $1.4B at a $7B valuation (Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm, Tether, Bosch, EIB…) — billed as the largest-ever raise for a full-stack robotics company; the full amount is milestone-contingent. 4NE-1 humanoid (~€98k) ships at scale from late 2026.
1X — 1X began full-scale NEO production at a 58,000 sq-ft, vertically-integrated plant in Hayward, California — ~10,000 units/yr capacity (its first-year run sold out in 5 days), targeting 100,000 units by 2027.
Figure AI — Figure ran its humanoids 200 hours nonstop, sorting 249,558 packages with zero hardware failures and no teleoperation — driven end-to-end by its Helix neural network, a durability/autonomy milestone.
A $39B valuation for Figure and billions across the field price in success that hardware and autonomy haven't yet delivered. Our read on whether capital is ahead of capability. (Our opinion, not investment advice.)
“Deployed at BMW/Amazon/Mercedes” usually means a supervised pilot, not autonomous production work. We explain the ladder from demo to paid pilot to true at-scale deployment.
Not every robot arm is a humanoid. The bet is on a general-purpose, roughly human-shaped, two-legged machine that can slot into spaces and tools built for people — versus cheaper, task-specific automation.
Apptronik — A $520M Series A extension (backers include Google, Mercedes-Benz and the Qatar Investment Authority) values Apptronik at $5B and lifts total funding to ~$1B, to scale Apollo production toward ~$80k/unit at volume from 2027.
Agility Robotics / Toyota — Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada contracted seven Agility Digit humanoids (starting with three) for its Woodstock RAV4 plant under a robots-as-a-service deal (~$30/hr per robot) — a pilot-to-commercial step in auto manufacturing.
1X / Figure — 1X opened NEO home-robot preorders; Figure unveiled the Figure 03 home humanoid.
Figure AI — $1B+ Series C — a 15× jump from its $2.6B valuation in early 2024.
Apptronik / Mercedes-Benz — Apollo piloted for parts delivery and inspection at Mercedes-Benz.
Figure AI / BMW — Figure spent ~11 months at BMW Spartanburg, supporting 30,000+ vehicles.
Boston Dynamics — Boston Dynamics retired its decade-old hydraulic Atlas and revealed a fully electric Atlas with super-human range of motion (360° hip, waist and neck rotation) — its pivot from research robot to industrial humanoid, with pilots beginning at Hyundai.
Agility Robotics — Digit began moving totes in paid pilots at GXO and Amazon.
Hyundai Motor Group — Hyundai Motor Group completed its acquisition of a controlling 80% stake in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank (valuing it at $1.1B) — bringing the Atlas humanoid maker in-house and positioning the group as a humanoid frontrunner.
No coverage matches this filter yet.
NEURA Robotics 
1X Technologies 
Figure AI 
Apptronik 
Agility Robotics 
Boston Dynamics 
Hyundai Motor Group