Agile Robots raises $500m Series F to scale production

$500m · Series D+ · AI · Munich, Germany

Munich-based Agile Robots, which builds humanoid and mobile robots, robotic arms and hands, and the software behind them, has closed a $500m Series F at an $8.5b valuation. SoftBank Group led the round, with NVIDIA, Hitachi Group, Hitachi Ventures, T.Capital and other investors participating. The company said the capital will support US expansion, entry into new markets and additional production capacity, including in Germany.

Agile Robots is not betting on one humanoid form factor. Its portfolio spans robots, components, AI models and industrial-deployment businesses, including Franka Robotics and Krause Automation. That range lets the company address tasks across automotive, consumer electronics, logistics, healthcare and other industries, while keeping hardware, software and integration expertise under one group.

The company says it has installed more than 20,000 industrial robotic solutions worldwide. That figure covers its broader portfolio rather than 20,000 humanoids, but it gives Agile Robots a base of customer environments in which to learn how machines are commissioned, maintained and adapted. Commercially, the installed base matters because industrial buyers purchase reliable production outcomes, not a model demonstration. Repeatable deployment and service can therefore be as important as the robot's intelligence.

The funding also targets a physical constraint: manufacturing capacity. Agile Robots opened a facility in Fürstenfeldbruck near Munich earlier in 2026 with stated capacity for up to 10,000 legged and wheeled humanoids a year. Capacity is not the same as shipments, but building it ahead of demand can shorten delivery times if customer programmes move from pilots to fleets. It also raises the cost of a forecasting mistake if adoption develops more slowly or requires more custom engineering than expected.

The round brings Agile Robots' total invested capital to $2b. The company reports more than 3,500 employees, including over 2,000 R&D specialists, and more than 650 patents. SoftBank's continued backing, alongside strategic investors NVIDIA and Hitachi, gives the company capital and industrial relationships for a global expansion push.

At an $8.5b valuation, the next evidence will need to come from scaled commercial operation: how quickly the new factory converts capacity into deployed systems, how much integration work each installation requires, and whether software and service revenue deepen after the initial hardware sale. Agile Robots has already built a large automation footprint; the Series F is a wager that this footprint can become a repeatable platform for more capable physical AI.

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Agile Robots funding announcement · Tech.eu Funding Explorer · Reuters reporting

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