Company
Agility Robotics
American humanoid robotics company best known for Digit, a bipedal warehouse/logistics humanoid.
- Founded
- 2015
- HQ
- Salem, OR, USA
- Status
- going public via SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI (~$2.5B; expected ticker NASDAQ:AGLT; announced 2026-06-24)
- Funding
- $1.3B
- Models
- 3
- Patents
- 5
Verified profile
18
Sources on record
3
Tracked changes
Updated 9 days ago
Last verified change
Overview
American humanoid robotics company best known for Digit, a bipedal warehouse/logistics humanoid. Among the earliest to pursue real commercial deployments (e.g., warehouse logistics pilots, and a reported Robots-as-a-Service agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada). Operates a humanoid manufacturing facility ('RoboFab').
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
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Analyst-grade signals, competitive tracking, and investment context across the global physical AI landscape. Launching 2026.
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Digit v5
Next-gen Agility humanoid; designed to enter as-built human environments without safety barriers; >$300M multiyear orders.
Current platform
Cassie
Cassie is Agility Robotics' bipedal robot (legs only, no torso), launched in 2017 as a dynamic-locomotion research platform; it was used widely in academic robotics and set a Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 m by a bipedal robot. It preceded the company's commercial Digit humanoid.
Current platform
Digit
Agility Robotics' bipedal humanoid designed for warehouse and logistics work (bulk material handling, tote moving). One of the most commercially deployed humanoids, with reported active units in real logistics operations.
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Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- Peggy Johnson Chief Executive OfficerIR-verified
- Jonathan Hurst Co-founder & Chief Robot Officer (former CTO)IR-verified
- Damion Shelton Co-founder & Chairman (CEO 2015-2024)IR-verified
- Mikhail Jones Co-founder & VP, Software EngineeringIR-verified
- Pras Velagapudi Chief Technology OfficerIR-verified
Founders (3)
- Jonathan Hurstcofounderfounded 2015-01-01
- Damion Sheltoncofounderfounded 2015-01-01
- Mikhail Jonescofounderfounded 2015-01-01
Board (1)
- Damion Shelton chair
Former / Previously (1)
- Melonee Wise Chief Product Officer (CPO)secondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Incidents affecting Agility Robotics (1)
- Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo2023-03-21 · Malfunction
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (5)
- Amazon1 deployment
- GXO Logistics1 deployment
- Mercado Libre1 deployment
- Schaeffler Group1 deployment
- Toyota Motor Corporation1 deployment
Recent coverage
Agility Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- AgiBot4 models
- Tesla4 models
- 1X Technologies3 models
- Apptronik3 models
Supplied by (1)
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships (7)
- Mercado Libre x Agility Robotics with Mercado Libredeployment
- Agility Robotics x Schaeffler with Schaefflerdeployment
- GXO x Agility Robotics with GXO Logisticsdeployment
- NVIDIA x Agility Robotics (Project GR00T) with NVIDIAtechnology
- Schaeffler x Agility Robotics with Schaeffler Groupdeployment
- Agility Robotics - NVIDIA (Halos safety) with NVIDIAtechnologyannouncedreported, not operationally verified
- NVIDIA Halos x Agility Robotics Safety with NVIDIAtechnologyannouncedreported, not operationally verified
Funding rounds (5)
- SPAC merger (Churchill Capital Corp XI)2026-06-24
$600M(reported) · $2.5B post
- SPAC Merger2026-06-23
$620M(reported)
- Series C2025-04-01
$400M · $2.1B post
Investors: WP Global Partners (lead), SoftBank Vision Fund (strategic)
- Series B2022-04-22
$150M
Investors: DCVC (Data Collective) (co_lead), Playground Global (co_lead), Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund (strategic), Sony Innovation Fund (strategic), TDK Ventures (strategic)
- Series A2018-03-22
$8M
Investors: Playground Global (lead), Sony Innovation Fund, Robotics Hub
Patent estate (5)
- US11707852B1usptograntedassignee
- US12552606B1usptograntedassignee
- US12558791B1usptograntedassignee
- US12485558B1usptograntedassignee
- US12246441B1usptograntedassignee
Sources (13)
- Agility Robotics — company website · https://www.agilityrobotics.com/ · 2026-01-01
- Agility Robotics — Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agility_Robotics · 2026-01-01
- https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/opening-robofab-worlds-first-factory-for-humanoid-robots
- https://www.geekwire.com/2025/agility-robotics-reportedly-raising-400m-for-humanoid-warehouse-robots/
- https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-announces-strategic-investment-and-agreement-with-motion-technology-company-schaeffler-group
- https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-appoints-peggy-johnson-as-chief-executive-officer
- https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-with-agility-robotics
- https://investors.gxo.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-agility-robotics
- https://www.therobotreport.com/agility-robotics-digit-humanoid-lands-first-official-job/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/schaeffler-plans-global-use-agility-robotics-digit-humanoid/
- https://www.automationworld.com/factory/robotics/news/55251926/schaeffler-group-invests-and-agrees-to-purchase-agility-robotics-humanoids
- https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/01/humanoid-robot-creator-agility-robotics-targets-400m-funding-round/
- https://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/7305848/peggy-johnson/
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Staff Supplier Quality EngineerManufacturing
Onsite- Salem, OR
- Senior Electrical EngineerEngineering
Hybrid- Fremont, CA
- Senior Mechanical EngineerEngineering
Hybrid- Fremont, CA
- Manager, Direct ProcurementManufacturing
Hybrid- Salem, OR
- BuyerManufacturing
Hybrid- Fremont, CA
- Staff AI Research EngineerResearch & R&D
Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh, PA)
+4 more open roles tracked
Common questions
- What is Agility Robotics?
- American humanoid robotics company best known for Digit, a bipedal warehouse/logistics humanoid. Among the earliest to pursue real commercial deployments (e.g., warehouse logistics pilots, and a reported Robots-as-a-Service agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada). Operates a humanoid manufacturing facility ('RoboFab').
- Where is Agility Robotics based?
- Agility Robotics is based in Salem, OR, USA.
- When was Agility Robotics founded?
- Agility Robotics was founded in 2015.
- What does Agility Robotics make?
- Agility Robotics has 3 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Digit v5, Cassie, Digit (Agility Robotics builds physical robots).
- Where does Agility Robotics operate robots?
- Agility Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Are there any incidents involving Agility Robotics?
- 1 active incident involving Agility Robotics is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
- Is Agility Robotics safe?
- Agility Robotics has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 minor). Most recent: Mar 2023. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
Methodology: Verified · 13 sources (5 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 5
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Agility Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- AgiBot4 models
- Tesla4 models
- 1X Technologies3 models
- Apptronik3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Agility Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Are Humanoid Robots Ready to Be Deployed?
New Yorker feature: Neo and a dozen other humanoid robots scheduled to hit the market. Experts are nervous about deployment readiness.
The First Major Robotics IPO Is Here: 5 Robotics Stocks That Could Run in the Second Half of 2026
Agility Robotics completed its public debut via SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, sending robotics supply-chain stocks surging including Ouster, VPG, and Teradyne.
Elroy Air SPAC merger with Columbus Circle II at 00M
Columbus Circle Capital Corp II announced 00M merger with Elroy Air, autonomous VTOL cargo drone company.
Humanoid maker Agility Robotics to go public through SPAC merger
Agility Robotics will merge with Churchill Capital Corp XI in a .5B SPAC deal, raising 20M for Digit v5 production and fulfilling 00M+ in multi-year customer orders.
First humanoid robot maker goes public in US - Agility Robotics .5B SPAC
Agility Robotics going public via .5B SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI. First US-listed pure-play humanoid company. 00M in pre-orders.
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a .5B deal
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI at .5B valuation, expecting 20M in proceeds to scale Digit v5 production.
Agility Robotics CEO on SPAC deal: Helps us accelerate customer engagements
Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson discusses SPAC deal. Helps accelerate customer engagements. Going public at .5B.
Agility Robotics CEO on SPAC deal: Helps us accelerate customer engagements
Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson discussed the company's SPAC deal, saying it helps accelerate customer engagements. Agility Robotics is going public via SPAC.
Agility, Maker of Humanlike Robots, to Go Public in .5 Billion SPAC Deal
Agility Robotics will go public via merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI at ~.5B valuation, raising 20M to advance Digit v5 and fulfill 00M+ in multi-year orders.
Agility Robotics to go public in .5 billion deal with Michael Klein-backed SPAC
Agility Robotics announced plans to go public via a SPAC merger backed by Michael Klein, valuing the humanoid robot maker at .5 billion.
Agility Robotics to go public in .5 billion deal with Churchill Capital
Agility Robotics will go public via SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI at a .5B valuation, with 20M in gross proceeds.
Agility Robotics to Go Public Through Merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI
Agility Robotics SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI. Digit v5 is world's first cooperatively safe AI-enabled humanoid robot. .5B valuation.
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- RSS feed: /companies/agility-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/78e42c22-f8b8-4197-b71e-cdd6b64f9aac
- Revision history: /companies/agility-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- AgiBot4 models
- Tesla4 models
- 1X Technologies3 models
- Apptronik3 models
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DEPLOY Intelligence Score
55.8/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Well-capitalized with $1.2B raised. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
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DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
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