Overview
UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, both wheeled and bipedal. Founded by Artem Sokolov in 2024, with offices in London, Boston, Vancouver, and San Diego. All robots run on KinetIQ, the company's proprietary four-layer AI framework for real-world deployment.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Total fundingsee investors →
Valuation (post-money, Series A)
Founder & CEO
HQ
Employees
AI platform
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Humanoid.
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Recent coverage
Humanoid in third-party press
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2026-07-21
$152M(reported) · $1.4B post
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Humanoid?
- UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, both wheeled and bipedal. Founded by Artem Sokolov in 2024, with offices in London, Boston, Vancouver, and San Diego. All robots run on KinetIQ, the company's proprietary four-layer AI framework for real-world deployment.
- What does Humanoid make?
- Humanoid has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Humanoid builds physical robots.
- Where is Humanoid headquartered?
- Humanoid is headquartered in London, UK.
- How much funding has Humanoid raised?
- Humanoid has raised approximately $270M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Is Humanoid a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Humanoid ranks in roughly the top under 1% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Humanoid founded?
- Humanoid was founded in 2024.
- Is Humanoid safe?
- Humanoid has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Humanoid.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Humanoid from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/humanoid-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/humanoid-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b0c8726b-45e2-4207-a86b-30d545312e96
- Revision history: /companies/humanoid-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Humanoid against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $152M raised. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 23, 2026