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Humanoid Raises $152 Million Series A to Become UK Robotics Unicorn

The funding will be used to scale Bosch-backed manufacturing, expand the KinetIQ fleet AI, and prepare beta and pilot deployments later this year.

Overview

  • Humanoid, which raised $152 million on Tuesday, reached a $1.35 billion post-money valuation and now has $270 million in total funding.
  • The Series A was led by Prime Movers Lab with strategic participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon and Aglaé Ventures, reflecting investor interest in industrial 'physical AI'.
  • Humanoid said Bosch will act as its contract manufacturer and the company has a separate agreement with Schaeffler for up to 1,000 robots while targeting production capacity of 100,000 units over five years.
  • The company’s current product is the wheeled HMND 01 platform, which Humanoid argues is easier to certify in Europe and which it plans to seek CE approval for next year while rolling out beta robots at customer sites in Q4 2026 and longer pilots late this year.
  • The raise highlights growing European momentum in commercial humanoid robotics and sets a near-term test of whether prototype wins and industrial partnerships can convert into regulated, large-scale workplace deployments that will affect factory and warehouse labor processes.