Apptronik Raises Mega Round For Advancing Humanoid Robots

The race to build the next breakthrough in humanoid robots continues to accelerate. And now, Apptronik has raised a fresh pile of cash to try to be on the leading edge of it.

‍What’s happening:‍

• Humanoid robotics startup Apptronik has raised $350M USD in a new Series A financing round
  
• The new funding round was led by prominent venture capital funds B Capital and Capital Factory
  

By the numbers:‍

• Apptronik has now raised a total of $378M USD in venture capital funding since inception
  

Why it matters:‍

• This is one of the largest ever financing rounds for a startup developing technology and hardware for humanoid robots
  

Going deeper:‍

• Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) also participated in the recent financing round, which closely follows the highly notable artificial intelligence technology partnership between Apptronik and Google DeepMind
  
• Apptronik has already struck multiple notable partnerships around their robotics technology, including deals with Mercedes-Benz, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and even NASA

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