U.K.-based Humanoid secures $152M in Series A funding
| Company Name | Date | Funding Round | Round Value | Source | --- --- | Figure AI | Sept. 2025 | Series C | $1.0B+ | Figure funding news | | 1X Technologies | Jan. 2024 | Series B | $100M | Apptronik funding news | | Apptronik | Feb.
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.
| Company Name | Date | Funding Round | Round Value | Source |
| Figure AI | Sept. 2025 | Series C | $1.0B+ | Figure funding news | | 1X Technologies | Jan. 2024 | Series B | $100M | Apptronik funding news | | Apptronik | Feb. 2026 | Series A | $520M | Apptronik funding news | | AI² Robotics | July 2026 | Strategic / Growth | $735M | AI2 funding news | | Apptronik | March 2025 | Series A | $53M | Apptronik funding news | | Apptronik | Feb. 2026 | Series A | $350M | Apptronik funding news | | Agility Robotics | June 2026 | IPO - SPAC | $620M | Agility SPAC news | | Unitree | March 2026 | IPO | Undisclosed | Unitree IPO news | | Leju Robotics | Oct. 2025 | Undisclosed | $200M | Leju funding news | | Unitree | June 2025 | Series C | Undisclosed | Unitree funding news | Humanoid said it plans to use its funding to focus on:
Development and launch of its next-generation humanoid 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; Starting mass production of wheel-based semi-humanoid robots AI and software development, including Humanoid’s proprietary KinetIQ “brain” as a step “on our way toward a general-purpose robot for industrial applications”
The company is deploying at several early access customers. The Robot Report
U.K.-based Humanoid secures $152M in Series A funding
By Mike Oitzman |
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. KinetIQ Ascend extends KinetIQ with the ability to learn from trial and error.
The company, which was founded as SKL Robotics Ltd. in 2024, is also developing a bipedal version of the robot.
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