Agile Robots, the Munich-based maker of humanoid robots and robotic arms, has closed a $500 million Series F round led by SoftBank Group at an $8.5 billion valuation. Nvidia, Hitachi and Deutsche Telekom’s T.Capital also invested. Why it matters: it makes Agile one of Europe’s most valuable robotics companies, and the money is aimed squarely at production capacity and a push into the US market.
November 12, 2026
What happened
Agile Robots announced on Thursday that it has closed a $500 million Series F funding round at a valuation of $8.5 billion, bringing the total capital it has raised to $2 billion. SoftBank Group led the round. Nvidia, Hitachi Group (both Hitachi and Hitachi Ventures) and T.Capital, the investment arm of Deutsche Telekom, participated, alongside other investors the company did not name.
The round came in smaller than earlier reporting suggested. Bloomberg reported in June that SoftBank was in early talks to anchor a round of about $800 million; the final figure is $500 million, and neither company has explained the difference. The New York Times has reported that the financing is also meant to prepare the company for a possible stock market listing, though there is no timetable for one.
The details
Agile Robots was founded in Munich in 2018 as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It builds what it calls Physical AI: humanoid and mobile robots, robotic arms and hands, and the software and AI models that run them, aimed at industrial tasks that have traditionally needed human dexterity and judgment. Its customers are in the automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare, service and logistics industries.
Unlike many humanoid startups still running pilots, Agile says it already has more than 20,000 robotic solutions installed worldwide. The company employs more than 3,500 people, including over 2,000 research and development specialists, and says it holds more than 650 patents. Its portfolio includes subsidiaries Franka Robotics and Krause Automation, the latter recently acquired from thyssenkrupp.
The new money will fund three things: a stronger presence and expansion in the United States, new industrial applications for its robots, and more production capacity, including in Germany. Early in 2026 the company opened a production site at Fürstenfeldbruck, near Munich, which it says has the capacity to produce up to 10,000 legged and wheeled humanoid robots a year. That is planned capacity, not current output — and the company gave no revenue figures alongside the round, so the $8.5 billion valuation cannot be checked against sales from the outside.
Why it matters
Robotics funding is concentrating on the few companies that can actually manufacture at scale, and Agile’s pitch is that it is already there: real deployments, its own factories, and now SoftBank and Nvidia on the cap table together. SoftBank has been one of the most active backers of robotics for a decade, and Nvidia’s stake lines Agile up with the chipmaker’s robotics platform push. For US and Asian humanoid rivals, the practical takeaway is that Europe now has a heavily capitalized competitor building humanoids for car factories and warehouses — and it is coming to the US market with $500 million to spend. As always with private rounds, the valuation is a transaction price set by the buyers and sellers, not a market verdict, and the test is whether those 10,000-robots-a-year plans turn into paid deployments.
Frequently asked questions
How much did Agile Robots raise, and who led the round?
Agile Robots raised $500 million in a Series F round led by SoftBank Group, at an $8.5 billion valuation. Nvidia, Hitachi, Hitachi Ventures and T.Capital also participated, and the round takes the company’s total funding to about $2 billion.
What does Agile Robots make?
Humanoid and mobile robots, robotic arms and hands, and the AI software that controls them, sold to industrial customers in automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare, service and logistics. It says more than 20,000 of its robotic solutions are installed worldwide.
What will Agile Robots spend the money on?
Expanding in the United States, entering new markets, developing new industrial uses for its robots, and adding production capacity, including at its Fürstenfeldbruck plant near Munich, which the company says can produce up to 10,000 humanoid robots a year.
Sources: Agile Robots (company announcement), Reuters, Bloomberg and The New York Times via reporting roundups.