London's Humanoid raises $152M Series A, hits unicorn status with Bosch manufacturing deal

Humanoid Secures $152M Series A Funding, Reaches Unicorn Status

London-based robotics startup Humanoid has closed a $152 million Series A funding round at a post-money valuation of $1.35 billion, marking the largest Series A for a humanoid-first robotics company in Europe 1

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. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, the venture firm that previously backed Figure AI's $39 billion valuation, with participation from Bosch, Schaeffler, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital, and Aglaé Ventures, the investment arm of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault 1

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. This brings total funding to $270 million for a company that launched in May 2024 and has yet to ship a commercial unit 1

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Bosch Manufacturing Partnership Accelerates Production Timeline

The most significant aspect of this funding round extends beyond the capital itself. Robert Bosch Robotics will act as Humanoid's contract manufacturing partner, providing hardware design, production capacity, and supply chain expertise 1

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. "Bosch will act as Humanoid's contract manufacturing partner, while also providing strategic consulting and technical expertise in hardware design, production, and supply chain," said Bosch Chief Technology Officer Mathias Pillin 3

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. This arrangement gives a startup with roughly 200 engineers access to one of the largest manufacturing networks in Europe, a type of partnership that typically requires years of commercial traction to secure 1

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Building Human-Like Robots Into Factories With KinetIQ Intelligence

Humanoid builds both wheeled and bipedal humanoid robots on its HMND-01 Alpha platform, powered by a proprietary AI platform KinetIQ 1

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. The company describes KinetIQ as a "shared brain" framework that orchestrates multiple interrelated tasks across multiple robots in industrial and service settings, enabling entire fleets to coordinate and hand off tasks while working toward common goals 3

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. The wheeled version is designed for industrial work requiring a stable base for pick-and-place operations and logistical tasks, while the bipedal model enables human-like movement in confined spaces 3

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Industrial-Grade Humanoid Robots Demonstrate Real-World Capabilities

Humanoid's wheeled model completed an eight-hour autonomous shift at a Siemens factory in Erlangen earlier this year, handling 60 tote moves per hour with a pick-and-place success rate above 90 percent 1

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. The company claims 34,000 robot pre-orders worth nearly $2.5 billion, though this figure has not been independently verified 1

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. Humanoid has established partnerships with Fortune 500 companies including SAP, Nvidia, Bosch, and Siemens 2

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. The company recently secured an agreement with Schaeffler for deploying between 1,000 and 2,000 wheeled humanoid units across manufacturing facilities by 2032 3

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Physical AI Investments Signal Shift in Industrial Automation

The financing reflects growing investor appetite for physical AI companies that combine artificial intelligence with robotics, as manufacturers increasingly look to address labor shortages and automate repetitive industrial tasks 4

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. "Humanoid robotics will be one of the defining technologies of the next decade, reshaping how commercial and industrial work gets done. We expect the field to consolidate around a handful of category leaders across the US, Europe and China," said Zia Huque, general partner at Prime Movers Lab 2

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. Goldman Sachs projects the global humanoid robot market will reach approximately $38 billion by 2035 1

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Next-Generation Humanoid Robots Target Q4 2026 Beta Deployment

Humanoid plans to deploy beta robots at customer sites in the fourth quarter of 2026 across manufacturing, logistics, retail, and other industrial sectors . The new capital will fund development of next-generation platforms, expansion of the KinetIQ software, commercial deployments with industrial customers, and the start of mass manufacturing of wheeled robots 4

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. Founded by Artem Sokolov, who reportedly invested $30 million of his own capital after selling his family's manufacturing and retail business, Humanoid now employs more than 250 people across London, Boston, Vancouver, and San Diego 1

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. The company claims it built its wheeled prototype in seven months and its bipedal version in five, timelines it attributes to simulation-first development on Nvidia's physical AI stack 1

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