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- Agility Robotics, maker of the Digit robot, began trading on Nasdaq on November 5.
- It is the first dedicated humanoid company to go public in the US, Bloomberg says.
- The deal brought about $465 million before expenses.
- Sales in the first half of 2026 were $174,362, and the loss was $361.9 million.
- SPAC
- A listed shell company that merges with a private firm and so takes it public.
- Humanoid robot
- A robot with a body shaped roughly like a person’s.
- Going concern
- A business expected to keep running for at least the next year.
A humanoid robot has a body shaped like a person’s. Agility Robotics, from Oregon, makes one called Digit, which moves plastic bins in warehouses. Now anyone can buy shares in the company. That gives a rare public look at the numbers behind the humanoid boom.
The listing
Agility completed its merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI on November 4. A SPAC like Churchill is a listed shell company that merges with a private firm and takes it public.
The shares began trading on Nasdaq the next morning under the ticker AGLT, The Robot Report says. They opened at $11.26, above the $10 used in the deal, and stood at $10.30 when it published. We have no closing price yet.
The deal valued Agility at $2.5 billion before the new money, the companies said in June.
Sales and loss are for the six months to June 30, 2026, from the SEC filing.
What “first” means
Bloomberg calls Agility the first dedicated humanoid company to go public in the US. TechCrunch says “first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market”. Agility’s own wording is narrower. It expected to be “the only U.S. publicly listed pure-play humanoid robotics company with proven, active commercial deployments.”
Others have listed abroad. Unitree of China went public in Shanghai in August, Bloomberg notes. The Robot Report adds that the “pure-play” label may not last, because Agility is exploring wheeled robots.
The money raised
The total of about $465 million is before expenses. It includes about $164 million from Churchill’s trust account after shareholders took out their money, $201 million led by Foxconn, and $100 million raised earlier, The Robot Report says.
In June, the companies expected more than $620 million. Agility names Nvidia, Amazon and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 among its backers.
What the filing shows
A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission gives net sales of $174,362 for the six months to June 30, 2026, down from $624,866 a year earlier. Of the newer figure, $120,699 came from related parties, meaning firms connected to Agility.
The net loss in those six months was $361.9 million, against $71.8 million a year earlier. Sales and administrative costs reached $158.2 million, and research costs reached $200.8 million.
Agility had $14.7 million in cash on June 30. Without counting this deal, it concluded there was “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern, the filing says. That means a real risk of not lasting another year without new money.
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The robots today
Agility says Digit has logged more than 65,000 hours of real-world work. TechCrunch describes “a handful” of robots at nine customers, including GXO, Schaeffler and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. AGCO plans a pilot in Kansas from 2027.
The next model, Digit 5, is built to work close to people. Agility says it has more than $300 million in committed multi-year orders for it, “subject to contractual milestones”. Chief executive Peggy Johnson told TechCrunch that the robot must hit undisclosed targets, including uptime and accuracy.
First deliveries to early customers are due in 2027, The Robot Report says. Johnson gave TechCrunch the example of lifting a 50-pound load again and again. “You don’t want to give a human that job,” she said.
Sources
Every fact in this story comes from the sources below. Open them to check our work.
- 1Primary source · November 4, 2026Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI Complete Business Combination Agility Robotics
- 2Primary source · June 24, 2026Agility Robotics to Go Public Through Merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI Agility Robotics
- 3Primary source · September 30, 2026Churchill Capital Corp XI: amended registration statement (Form S-4/A) US SEC
- 4Primary source · October 30, 2026Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI announce expected gross capital raise of approximately $465 million US SEC
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- 6Research · November 5, 2026Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying? TechCrunch
- 7Research · November 5, 2026Nvidia-Backed Humanoid Maker Agility Goes Public in First for the US Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance
The sales, loss and cash figures come from the SEC filing, which runs only to June 30. The robot hours and the Digit 5 orders are Agility’s own claims, and “first” depends on the words “dedicated” or “pure-play” and on the US.
Agility is first dedicated humanoid maker to list in the US. Silicon AI News, November 5, 2026. https://siliconainews.com/stories/agility-robotics-nasdaq-listing
Agility’s Nasdaq listing raised about $465 million, but very small sales, a large loss and doubt about its future limit the good news. How we rate the mood
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