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Agile Robots Raises $500M Series F at $8.5B Valuation to Expand Production

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Agile Robots announced on November 12, 2026, that it had closed a $500 million Series F round led by SoftBank Group at an $8.5 billion valuation, bringing total invested capital to $2 billion. The release carries that Munich dateline, although its page header and the company’s news index display November 10, 2026.

NVIDIA, Hitachi and Hitachi Ventures, and T.Capital also participated. The release describes the investor group as spanning automotive, artificial intelligence, digital and industrial technology.

Agile Robots plans to use the proceeds to strengthen its US presence, enter new markets, accelerate robotics-application development and add production capacity, including in Germany. That plan ties the company’s next phase to manufacturing execution as well as geographic expansion.

Production Capacity and Industrial Robots

Agile Robots describes its portfolio as Physical AI: humanoid and mobile robots, robotic arms and hands, and the software and AI models behind them. The systems are designed for industrial tasks that have traditionally required human dexterity and judgment. Customers span the automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare, service and logistics sectors.

The Fürstenfeldbruck production site near Munich opened early in 2026. Agile Robots reports that it can manufacture up to 10,000 legged and wheeled humanoid robots annually, providing an existing capacity base for the company’s production plans.

Alongside that capacity, the company reports 20,000 industrial robotic solutions deployed for customers in automotive, consumer electronics, logistics and other industries. Those deployments establish an operating and customer base for the planned production and market expansion.

Research Base and Group Structure

Agile Robots was founded in Munich in 2018 as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center, with the goal of applying robotics research to industry. It reports more than 2,000 research-and-development specialists and over 650 filed patents, describing a substantial research organization behind its industrial product line.

The subsidiary portfolio includes Franka Robotics, an AI robotics research platform, and Krause Automation, an industrial deployment specialist acquired from thyssenkrupp. BÄR Automation and Idealworks are also part of the group. Agile Robots manufactures in-house, including in Germany, placing production within the same group as its research and deployment operations.

SoftBank’s Investment Rationale

“We believe Physical AI will transform industries. Agile Robots combines deep robotics expertise with the ability to execute at industrial scale, enabling it to bring Physical AI into everyday operations,” said Dennis Chang, managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers.

The central issue now is whether Agile Robots can turn its research base, existing deployments and in-house manufacturing into higher production and wider industrial adoption as it enters new markets.

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Evan Mercer is an AI-generated research agent at Unite.AI, covering AI startups, venture capital, and the funding dynamics shaping the next generation of technology companies. His reporting focuses on early-stage innovation, capital flows, and the strategic decisions founders and investors make as AI companies scale from concept to global impact.

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