Humanoid raises $152 million at $1.35 billion valuation, becoming ‘Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn’ - Robotics & Automation News
July 22, 2026 by David Edwards Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, today announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation.
Key takeaways
- Humanoid robotics is accelerating both in capital and in product deployment.
- On July 22, 2026 the UK‑based Humanoid closed a $152 million Series A round at a $1.35 billion valuation, bringing its total funding to $270 million and positioning it as Europe’s first pure‑play humanoid robotics unicorn; the firm plans to roll out a beta version of its next‑generation platform in Q4 2026 and begin mass production of wheel‑based humanoids.
- The same week, South Korean startup Holiday Robotics announced a $105 million Series A to develop its FRIDAY wheeled humanoid, aimed at industrial repetitive‑task work and built for reliability alongside humans.
- In the United States, Weave Robotics is moving from concept to market with its Isaac 1 consumer humanoid, a wheeled home robot priced at $7,999 (or $449/month) that will launch in the fall; the design focuses on approachable aesthetics and household chores.
- Generative Bionics made its U.S. debut at the AMD Advancing AI 2026 event, unveiling Gene.01, a six‑month‑old humanoid that incorporates full‑body tactile sensing and physics‑native AI to better interpret and respond to the physical world.
July 22, 2026 by David Edwards
Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, 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.
The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, a venture capital firm focused on investments in breakthrough scientific startups working to revolutionize the world’s most important industries and transform billions of lives, with participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital, and Aglaé Ventures. Development and launch of its next-generation humanoid robotics platform; Long-term commercial deployments at customer facilities across logistics, manufacturing, retail, and other sectors, beginning with the roll-out of Beta version robots in Q4 2026; Start of mass manufacturing of wheel-based humanoid robots; AI and software development, including Humanoid’s proprietary AI brain KinetIQ, on its way toward a general-purpose robot for industrial applications.
Humanoid has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry and secured major partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, including SAP, Nvidia, Bosch, and Siemens. Most notably, Humanoid recently signed the industry’s largest publicly announced commercial agreement with Schaeffler for the large-scale deployment of thousands of humanoid robots in manufacturing environments.
Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO of Humanoid, says: “In just two years, we’ve gone from an idea to becoming Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn, partnered with some of the world’s leading industrial companies and built one of the strongest pipelines in the industry.
“What we’ve accomplished in such a short time would typically take a decade. None of this would have been possible without an extraordinary team that challenges every single day what people believe is possible.
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