Maker of Apollo, backed by Mercedes-Benz and Google
Apptronik, spun out of UT Austin research, develops the Apollo general-purpose humanoid. In June 2026 it unveiled Apollo 2 and Robot Park, a site where Apollo goes to work, and said its next commercial robot will be Apollo 3. It has more than 350 employees. In February 2026 it announced a $520M Series A extension, bringing Series A to over $935M, with B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz, PEAK6, AT&T Ventures, John Deere and the Qatar Investment Authority. It works with Mercedes-Benz and GXO, has a manufacturing partnership with Jabil and partners with Google DeepMind on AI.
Researched as of November 3, 2026. Each item links to its source.
Opened the ~90,000 sq ft Robot Park in Austin and unveiled the modular Apollo 2 (bipedal or wheeled) as the data-collection platform for Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics; Apollo 3 is the next commercial product.
Source: apptronik.comHired executives including former Waymo CPO Daniel Chu and former Boston Dynamics services head Kevin Garell to drive commercialization.
Source: apptronik.comRaised a $520M Series A-X extension, taking Series A above $935M; AT&T Ventures, John Deere and QIA joined, and a new robot was promised for 2026.
Source: apptronik.comAnnounced additional Series A funding, bringing the round to $415M; Japan Post Capital joined this extension.
Source: apptronik.comNamed EMS giant Jabil as Apollo's worldwide manufacturing partner; new units will be validated on tasks like inspection and sorting in Jabil factories before shipping.
Source: apptronik.comRaised a $350M Series A co-led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with participation from Google.
Source: apptronik.comBeyond investing, Mercedes-Benz has tested Apollo for tasks such as parts delivery at its Berlin and Hungary (Kecskemét) sites.
GXO is one of Apptronik's partners and has evaluated Apollo in warehouse operations.
Jabil is piloting building Apollo units and deploying them in its own manufacturing operations, with potential to produce them at scale.
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