Agility Robotics goes public at $2.5B valuation in first humanoid robot company IPO
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Matt O'Brien
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Agility Robotics, an Oregon-based maker of humanoid warehouse robots called Digit, is going public via a merger with an investment firm at a $2.5 billion valuation. The company would become the first publicly traded firm focused entirely on humanoid robots. Its Digit robots handle repetitive, injury-prone tasks like moving bins and totes in warehouses. Backed by Amazon, Nvidia, and others, with customers including Toyota and Mercado Libre, Agility plans to release a fifth-generation Digit later this year. The move tests market appetite for AI-powered humanoid labor.
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· 5 pulledAgility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, announced Wednesday a planned merger with an investment firm that will value the company at $2.5 billion as it becomes the first publicly traded company entirely devoted to building and selling humanoids.
Its competitors include Tesla, whose CEO Elon Musk has pitched its humanoid prototype Optimus as the future of the carmaker.
Unlike other humanoids, Digit's leg design is more birdlike than human.
Agility's CEO says the robots handle repetitive and injury-prone tasks.
The company has backing from Amazon, Nvidia and others, with early customers including Toyota and Mercado Libre.
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