U.K.-based Humanoid secures $152M in Series A funding
The HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled robot. | Credit: Humanoid AI Humanoid, an AI and robotics company building industrial humanoids, today announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the total amount raised to date to $270 million. London-based Humanoid is offering early access to the HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled version, a bimanual mobile manipulator. The robot runs on KinetIQ, an AI framework for end-to-end orchestration of humanoid robot fleets. Kin
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A U.K.-based robotics company has raised $152 million in Series A funding to develop industrial humanoid robots, bringing its total funding to $270 million at a $1.35 billion valuation. The company is offering early access to a wheeled robot model and developing a bipedal version, both powered by proprietary AI software called KinetIQ that enables fleet coordination and learning from trial and error. The company plans to use the funding for next-generation robot development, commercial deployments in logistics and manufacturing, mass production, and AI software advancement, with beta robot rollouts scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026. This funding round is part of a broader surge in humanoid robotics investment, with multiple companies across the industry securing significant capital in recent months.
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