--- title: "Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation" url: https://daily.dev/posts/humanoid-robot-startup-apptronik-has-now-raised-935m-at-a-5b-valuation-2zexjzmeb source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/humanoid-robot-startup-apptronik-has-now-raised-935m-at-a-5b-valuation/ type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-02-11T14:02:05.928Z updated: 2026-02-11T14:02:55.285Z tags: ["ai", "google", "robotics"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apptronik, a University of Texas spinout building humanoid robots, raised an additional $520 million in a Series A extension, bringing total Series A funding to $935 million at a $5.3 billion valuation. The company partners with Google DeepMind, Mercedes-Benz, and GXO to develop embodied AI robots for warehouse and manufacturing tasks. Despite the large raise, Apptronik maintains it's still early-stage and responding to inbound investor interest rather than actively fundraising. The company's humanoid robotics work dates back to 2013 with NASA-DARPA Robotics Challenge participation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [London robotics startup Humanoid raises $152M Series A, with Bosch set to manufacture its wheeled robots at scale](https://daily.dev/posts/london-robotics-startup-humanoid-raises-152m-series-a-with-bosch-set-to-manufacture-its-wheeled-ro-3sjdxn3qa) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn’t promising a robot in your home anytime soon](https://daily.dev/posts/this-humanoid-robotics-company-is-going-public-but-its-ceo-isn-t-promising-a-robot-in-your-home-any-ewkn8bvzy) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round](https://daily.dev/posts/figure-reaches-39b-valuation-in-latest-funding-round-rsd4mdiol) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/humanoid-robot-startup-apptronik-has-now-raised-935m-at-a-5b-valuation-2zexjzmeb)