Apptronik

Robots for Humans. Apptronik is building the next generation of humanoid intelligence.

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Assembling the Leadership to Power the Next Generation of Humanoid Robots

To bring humanoid robots 🤖 like #Apollo into everyday use, you need more than great technology: you need leaders who have scaled it before.

As we prepare for our next phase of growth, we’ve bolstered our executive bench with veterans from the world’s most innovative tech giants like Waymo, Boston Dynamics, and Amazon.

Read more in @Forbes: https://t.co/gjINmD6yb4

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Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve raised more than $935M in Series A funding with a $520M Series A-X extension round, bringing our total capital raised to nearly $1B.

This milestone is a powerful vote of confidence in our mission: building AI-powered humanoid robots designed to work alongside humans.

With this new funding, we’ll be able to:
- Ramp production of #Apollo
- Expand global commercial and pilot deployments
- Build next-generation facilities for robot training and data collection
- Accelerate real-world impact across manufacturing, logistics, and beyond

We’re proud to be backed by an incredible group of repeat and new investors, including @BCapitalGroup, @Google, @MercedesBenz, @ATT Ventures, @JohnDeere, QIA, and more.

The future of embodied #AI is happening now, and Apollo is just the beginning.

- Read the full announcement: https://t.co/uwiAFxivhX
- Explore open roles: https://t.co/xmGrG9IyBS

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🌲 ✨ Happy Holidays! ✨ 🌲

This season, we’re celebrating the joy of giving, the power of teamwork, and a future where technology helps us do more of what matters most.

Even Santa needed a helping hand this year 🎅 🤖 and watching Apollo pack gifts reminds us that innovation isn’t just about efficiency, it’s about enabling people, spreading joy, and creating a little holiday magic along the way.

Wishing our customers, partners, and community a joyful holiday season and a bright, exciting year ahead. Happy Holidays from all of us at Apptronik! 🎁 🌟

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We’re celebrating another win to close out the year! 🎉

Apptronik has been named a 2025 Top Tech Startup by @SDCExec , a recognition that highlights companies transforming the supply chain and logistics space. This win is a testament to Apollo’s recent development milestones and Apptronik’s commitment to helping humans in warehouse settings. Kudos to our innovative team!

Read more here: https://t.co/Us0PkuSMyR

#SupplyChain #Logistics #FoodLogistics #TechStartups #AI

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✨ Incredible progress from @GoogleDeepMind on open-ended robot reasoning, featuring Apollo!  Check out Apollo responding to complex instructions and adapting to changing contexts with @FryRsquared

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Pre-programmed backflips are fun, but open-ended reasoning is the real challenge for robots. 🤖

@Fryrsquared stepped inside the lab to see how we’re building agents that can understand context and figure things out for themselves – rather than just following a script.

Watch our bonus episode ↓

https://t.co/XDwFCvaNAg

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“It’s important that we lean in, think about a national robotics strategy and support this burgeoning industry in the U.S. so that we can remain competitive.”

Apptronik co-founder and CEO Jeff Cardenas spoke with @politico earlier this week and was on @CBSNews yesterday discussing the importance of a national robotics strategy that puts America ahead in the A.I. race.

Watch here: https://t.co/bPKcFDFBO8

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We’re proud to announce that Apptronik has been honored with the 🏆 2025 A-LIST Award for Manufacturing Excellence!

This recognition celebrates our team’s relentless drive to build world-class humanoid robots right here in Austin - advancing the future of manufacturing and redefining what’s possible through human-centered innovation.

Huge thanks to Opportunity Austin and everyone who continues to champion Central Texas as a global hub for AI, robotics, and advanced manufacturing. The future is being built right here, and we’re just getting started!

See the full list of A-LIST Award winners here: https://t.co/J0mtTQeA3U

#ALISTAwards #OpportunityAustin #apptronik #ai #humanoid #humanoidrobot #robotics

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Smokey says: "Only YOU can prevent boring costumes." We're out patrolling the robot park this Halloween - keeping our circuits safe and our actuators calibrated.

Have a happy and safe Halloween from all of us at Apptronik! 🤖 🐻 🌲 🎃

#apptronik #ai #humanoid #humanoidrobot #robotics

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🎯 A major milestone on the road to embodied intelligence.

This week, @GoogleDeepMind's Gemini Robotics VLA reaches an important milestone in our joint mission to bring AGI into the physical world. By introducing agentic capabilities - the ability to reason, plan, actively use tools, and generalize - we’re moving beyond reactive models and into a new era of robotic autonomy.

We’re proud to be collaborating on Gemini Robotics 1.5 with Google as we gear up to deploy Gemini-powered Apollo humanoid robots in additional customer facilities. It’s a critical step in transforming a powerful model into a field-ready system that performs with consistency, reliability, and purpose.

Read the blog: https://t.co/5Qx8ulADVN

#apptronik #humanoid #humanoidrobot #robotics #google #deepmind #geminirobotics

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🎙️Live, from Seattle - The Next Space Race: Humanoid Robotics

On September 23rd, Apptronik co-Founder and CEO Jeff Cardenas will join Brian Heater for a fireside chat at the @a3automate 2025 Humanoid Forum in Seattle, exploring how the U.S. can preserve its leadership in robotics, at a moment when the stakes have never been higher.

Full conference agenda here: https://t.co/s0EOUnNlOo

#apptronik #ai #humanoid #humanoidrobot #robotics

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🏆 Big Wins Across the Board! 🏆

We’re proud to share that this year:
🤖 Apollo has won the @FastCompany 2025 Innovation by Design Award
👥 Apptronik has been named to the @CNBC Disruptor 50
⭐ Our CEO, Jeff Cardenas, has been recognized as an Automotive News All-Star!

These honors collectively celebrate our mission to create a humanoid robot that is approachable, intuitive, shaped by human-centered design, and ready to make an impact on industry.

Read the press release here: https://t.co/A9wgNZbmGU

#FCDesignAwards #CNBCDisruptor50 #AutomotiveNewsAllStar #Humanoid #HumanCenteredDesign #TeamWin

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Big day for robotics + AI! 🤖🧠 Huge congrats to @NVIDIARobotics on the official launch of Jetson Thor! ⚡
We’ve had the opportunity to get early access to the NVIDIA Jetson Thor AGX Developer Kit over the past few weeks, and we can confidently say it’s a game-changer for Apollo and for humanoid robotics

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Humans are toolmakers. We build tools to help us do more with less.

We have built Apollo to dramatically improve the way we live and work.

But Apollo is not the only groundbreaking creation born from our labs. Our teams have been quietly building a new kind of machine - a machine with superhuman capabilities. This is not just automation, this is power, redefined.

Introducing @ElevateRobotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apptronik, focused on superhuman industrial automation.

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Exciting news! We're honored to be named to @CNBC 's #Disruptor50 - a list of trailblazing startups transforming the world. From capable humanoid robots to breakthrough AI, we're proud to be shaping the future of automation. Huge thanks to our team for pushing boundaries every day! 🚀🤖🙌

See the full list at https://t.co/WKN5w6YNCE

#apptronik #ai #humanoid #humanoidrobot #robotics

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On behalf all of us at Apptronik, we are honored to accept the 2025 @ieeeras Award for Product Innovation, for our efforts to build the world's most intelligent and capable humanoid robot, Apollo! This recognition reflects the incredible dedication and focus of our entire team. Thank you to the committee at IEEE as well as our amazing partners, customers, and investors for your continued support - we're just getting started! 💪🤖🏆

#apptronik #ai #humanoid #humanoidrobot #robotics #ICRA2025

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Grateful to the team at @60Minutes for featuring Apollo in a thoughtful interview with @GoogleDeepMind CEO @demishassabis on the future of AI! We're honored to play a role in bringing hashtag#embodiedAI into the world to help humans do useful work. 🤖 🦾

Check out the interview here: https://t.co/UsTitRTpWS

#apptronik #ai #google #deepmind

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Don't miss out! 📣 Make sure to tune in to @WashingtonPost Live on Tuesday, March 25 at 9:00AM ET for insightful conversations about the global AI race and the next frontiers of the technology, featuring Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Kentucky), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Martin A. Schmidt, and Apptronik co-founder & CEO Jeff Cardenas.

Register to watch here: https://t.co/fH83HKCSX9

#apptronik #AI #washingtonpostlive

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We've just closed an oversubscribed $403 million Series A, and are thrilled to announce additional investors including @MercedesBenz , Japan Post Capital, RyderVentures (the corporate venture capital arm of @RyderSystemInc ), @ARKInvest & more. We look forward to building #embodiedAI together!

Read more here: https://t.co/Ya6oGqrCjY

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Today AI-powered humanoid robots are taking a big step forward: Apptronik and @GoogleDeepMind are partnering to build the next generation of humanoid robots with Gemini Robotics.

Built on Gemini 2.0, Gemini Robotics enables Apollo to understand natural language and perform real-world tasks in environments it has not seen before. With Apollo's high degree of dexterity, playing board games and packing picnics are just the first steps in our mutual goal to create general-purpose robots that will help humans in every facet of life.

https://t.co/55StpQRYCj

#HumanoidRobots #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #EmbodiedAI #AI