Physical AI and Robotics

1X Technologies

Moss, Norway

1X Technologies is a leading humanoid robotics company developing AI-powered robots for home and commercial use, founded and headquartered in Moss, Norway with major operations in Sunnyvale, California. Founded by Bernt Bornich, 1X manufactures the EVE wheeled humanoid robot for commercial security and logistics applications, and the NEO humanoid biped designed specifically for in-home use including household chores, cooking assistance, and elder care. NEO Beta launched in late was one of the first consumer humanoid robots. 1X has raised over 125 million in funding from OpenAI, Tiger Global, EQT Ventures, and Samsung NEXT, with OpenAI as the lead Series A investor making 1X one of the few OpenAI portfolio robotics companies.

Agility Robotics

Salem, United States

Agility Robotics is a leading humanoid robotics company developing bipedal robots for warehouse and logistics applications, founded and headquartered in Salem, Oregon as a spinoff from Oregon State University. Founded by Jonathan Hurst (CTO and Oregon State professor) and Damion Shelton, Agility manufactures Digit, a bipedal humanoid robot designed specifically for warehouse case handling, palletizing, and logistics workflows. Digit is deployed commercially through Agility Arc cloud automation platform serving customers including Amazon, GXO Logistics, and Schaeffler. Agility opened RoboFab, the worlds first humanoid robot factory, in Salem, Oregon with capacity to produce 10,000 humanoids annually marking a significant industrial milestone for production-scale humanoid robotics.

Apptronik

Austin, United States

Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company developing Apollo, a general-purpose humanoid robot for industrial applications, founded and headquartered in Austin, Texas as a spinoff from the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Founded by Jeff Cardenas, Nick Paine, and Luis Sentis, Apptronik manufactures Apollo, a 5-foot-8 humanoid robot designed for warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics with notable safety features including force-controlled actuators and built-in collision detection. Apollo is deployed in pilot programs at Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plants and GXO Logistics warehouses. Apptronik partnered with Google DeepMind to integrate Gemini Robotics models into Apollo, and raised 350 million Series A at a 2.5 billion valuation in early.

Boston Dynamics

Waltham, United States

Boston Dynamics is one of the worlds most established advanced robotics companies, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Originally a spinoff from MIT founded by Marc Raibert and now owned by Hyundai Motor Group, Boston Dynamics manufactures the Spot quadruped robot for industrial inspection, the Stretch warehouse robot for case handling, and the all-electric Atlas humanoid robot launched for commercial deployment. Boston Dynamics products are used by major industrial customers including BP, Ford, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing, and SpaceX for facility inspection, hazardous environment work, and warehouse automation. The company is one of the most influential robotics organizations with iconic viral videos demonstrating advanced robot capabilities.

Figure AI

Sunnyvale, United States

Figure AI is one of the worlds most prominent humanoid robotics companies, founded and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Founded by Brett Adcock (founder of Archer Aviation and Vettery), Figure develops the Figure 02 humanoid robot designed for commercial labor including warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics. The company operates a partnership with BMW Group deploying Figure robots at the Spartanburg manufacturing facility, plus a strategic partnership with OpenAI for AI model development. Figure also developed Helix, an in-house vision-language-action AI model for humanoid control. The company has raised over 854 million in funding from Microsoft, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, Intel Capital, and Parkway Venture Capital at a 2.6 billion valuation.

Skild AI

Pittsburgh, United States

Skild AI is a robotics foundation model company building general-purpose AI brains for robots, founded and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded by Carnegie Mellon University professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, Skild AI develops the Skild Brain, a single foundation model designed to control multiple robot embodiments including humanoids, quadrupeds, and industrial arms across diverse tasks and environments without task-specific training. The companys vision is to provide the AI brain that powers robots from any manufacturer accelerating the deployment of capable, general-purpose robotics globally. Skild AI raised 300 million Series A at a 1.5 billion valuation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, Softbank, NEA, Bezos Expeditions, and Sequoia Capital.

Unitree Robotics

Hangzhou, China

Unitree Robotics is one of the worlds leading quadruped and humanoid robotics manufacturers, founded and headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Founded by Wang Xingxing, Unitree manufactures the Go2 consumer-grade quadruped robot, the B2 industrial quadruped, the H1 humanoid robot, and the G1 humanoid robot at significantly lower price points than US competitors making advanced robotics accessible to researchers, universities, and small businesses globally. Unitree robots have viral popularity for their agile capabilities including kung fu demonstrations and athletic feats. The companys G1 humanoid retails at approximately 16,000 USD making it one of the most affordable production humanoid robots available, fueling widespread adoption in research labs and consumer markets worldwide.