{"companies":[{"id":"9b212f90-4e15-456c-89b8-fdc5d0ad5592","name":"Catalyst Brands","slug":"catalyst-brands","description":"Catalyst Brands is a US retail conglomerate formed in 2025 through the merger of JCPenney and SPARC Group's brand portfolio (which included Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand, Nautica, and others). The company has been publicly named as a commercial deployment partner for Figure AI, alongside the more extensively documented BMW Spartanburg pilot. The Catalyst Brands deployment scope is less publicly detailed than the Figure-BMW relationship; the partnership is noted in Figure's external commercial deployment communications but specific facility, robot count, and operational metrics have not been publicly disclosed at the depth that BMW Spartanburg achieved. The relationship is part of Figure AI's expansion beyond automotive manufacturing into retail logistics and distribution.\n\nCatalyst Brands' editorial significance is as the first retail-sector deployment partner publicly named by Figure AI. Where Figure's primary commercial validation has come through automotive manufacturing (BMW Spartanburg), the Catalyst Brands relationship signals Figure's expansion into retail-distribution logistics, a different operational context with different task profiles than automotive assembly lines. This is similar to how Agility's GXO deployment validates contract logistics rather than automotive; Figure's Catalyst Brands relationship represents the equivalent retail-side validation.\n\nEntity depth note: this is an initial entity build with relatively thin public disclosure compared to the deeper operator entities. The entity earns its place because Catalyst Brands is one of only two publicly-named external Figure AI deployment partners and represents the retail-sector validation surface. As the deployment scope becomes more publicly detailed, the entity should be deepened. Currently the entity should be marked with a verified-vs-claimed distinction visible: the partnership is verified-by-Figure-disclosure but operational data is not publicly verified at the BMW-Spartanburg level.","status":"Private","founded":2025,"hq":"USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.figure.ai/","label":"Figure AI — commercial deployment communications"},{"url":"https://www.catalystbrands.com/","label":"Catalyst Brands — corporate"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Formation","value":"2025 merger of JCPenney and SPARC Group brand portfolio"},{"label":"Brand portfolio","value":"JCPenney, Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand, Nautica (subject to ongoing portfolio changes)"},{"label":"Industry","value":"US retail and apparel"},{"label":"Named Figure AI deployment partner","value":"Listed in Figure's commercial deployment communications alongside BMW"},{"label":"Deployment scope","value":"Less publicly detailed than Figure-BMW; specific facility, robot count, operational data not as comprehensively disclosed"},{"label":"Strategic significance","value":"First named retail-sector Figure AI deployment partner"}],"aliases":["Catalyst Brands","JCPenney","SPARC Group"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:22.210Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:22.290Z"},{"id":"e6a01d9f-0abd-4222-92de-bae67576e4f6","name":"Schaeffler Group","slug":"schaeffler","description":"Schaeffler Group is a German motion-technology company and one of the named commercial operators in Agility Robotics' deployment portfolio for the Digit humanoid robot. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Schaeffler manufactures bearings, linear motion components, electric drives, and industrial automation systems, with significant exposure to automotive supply chains. The company has been publicly named alongside GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and Amazon as a Fortune 500 deploying customer for Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid. Schaeffler's deployment scope is less publicly detailed than the GXO or TMMC operations, but its inclusion in Agility Robotics' enterprise customer roster places Schaeffler among the small set of European industrial operators that have moved from humanoid-pilot to commercial deployment.\n\nSchaeffler's significance is as a European industrial-supply-chain operator validating humanoid deployment outside the automotive-OEM lens. While BMW, Toyota, and Hyundai are end-product automotive manufacturers, Schaeffler operates further up the supply chain in motion-technology components. The fact that an industrial-components manufacturer rather than a finished-vehicle assembler is among the named Agility commercial deployers signals that humanoid value is being recognized across the automotive supply chain, not just at the OEM assembly tier.\n\nEntity depth note: this is an initial entity build with relatively thin public disclosure compared to GXO, BMW, Amazon, Toyota, and Hyundai. As Schaeffler's humanoid deployment scope becomes more publicly detailed in 2026-2027, the entity should be deepened. Currently the entity earns its place primarily through the named-customer disclosure rather than through documented site-specific operational data.","status":"ETR: SHA (Frankfurt Stock Exchange)","founded":1946,"hq":"Herzogenaurach, Germany","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.agilityrobotics.com/","label":"Agility Robotics — TMMC commercial agreement coverage, lists Schaeffler among Agility's customers"},{"url":"https://www.robotics247.com/","label":"Robotics 247 — Agility customer roster coverage"},{"url":"https://www.schaeffler.com/en/investor-relations/","label":"Schaeffler Group annual reports (Frankfurt Stock Exchange)"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Scale","value":"Global motion-technology company; ~84,000 employees; operations in 50+ countries"},{"label":"2024 revenue","value":"approximately €15-16 billion (full-year disclosed via annual reports)"},{"label":"Industry","value":"Bearings, linear motion, electric drives, automation systems"},{"label":"Named Agility Robotics customer","value":"Listed alongside GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Amazon in Agility's enterprise customer roster (announced in TMMC commercial agreement coverage, February 2026)"},{"label":"Deployment scope","value":"Less publicly detailed than GXO/TMMC; specific facility, scale, and operational data not as comprehensively disclosed"},{"label":"European industrial operator significance","value":"Validates humanoid deployment in industrial-components segment beyond automotive-OEM tier"}],"aliases":["Schaeffler","Schaeffler Group","Schaeffler AG"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:22.054Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:22.133Z"},{"id":"2bb0e385-b850-4e54-b2e2-0cacf4991fa3","name":"Hyundai Motor Group","slug":"hyundai-motor-group","description":"Hyundai Motor Group is the world's third-largest automotive manufacturer and the owner of the most ambitious vertically integrated humanoid robotics program in production today. Through its 2020 acquisition of Boston Dynamics (80% stake, valued at $1.1 billion), Hyundai owns the Atlas humanoid platform, the Spot quadruped, and the Stretch logistics robot. At CES 2026, Hyundai announced that the entire 2026 Atlas production capacity is committed to its own Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC, located at Hyundai's Metaplant America facility in Savannah, Georgia, USA) and to Google DeepMind, with no external customers until 2027. The company has committed to deploying more than 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots across Hyundai and Kia manufacturing plants, 83% of the 30,000-unit annual production capacity targeted by 2028. Hyundai Mobis manufactures Atlas's automotive-grade actuators, completing the vertical integration. The company has announced $26 billion in US operational investment including a dedicated robotics factory.\n\nHyundai's editorial significance is unique structural alignment between operator and manufacturer. BMW evaluates Figure; Toyota deploys Digit under RaaS; GXO incubates multiple vendors. Hyundai owns its humanoid manufacturer outright. This means Atlas's R&D roadmap, production capacity, deployment priorities, and supply chain (Hyundai Mobis actuators) are directly aligned with Hyundai's manufacturing strategy rather than negotiated across commercial contracts. The Korean Metal Workers' Union has blocked Atlas from entering any Hyundai factory floor without a formal labor-management agreement, with the summer 2026 contract negotiations identified as the expected escalation point. This is the first verified labor-relations friction over humanoid deployment at a major operator.","status":"KRX: 005380 (Korea Exchange)","founded":1967,"hq":"Seoul, South Korea","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://bostondynamics.com/","label":"Boston Dynamics — CES 2026 product Atlas announcement"},{"url":"https://www.techtimes.com/","label":"TechTimes — Hyundai Commits 25,000 Atlas Robots; Union Blocks Deployment"},{"url":"https://bgr.com/","label":"BGR — Hyundai Revealed Boston Dynamics' Next-Gen Humanoid Robots"},{"url":"https://www.theregister.com/","label":"The Register — Optimus Schmoptimus, Boston Dynamics' humanoid in mass production"},{"url":"https://startupfortune.com/","label":"Startup Fortune — Hyundai Is Building a Factory to Make 30,000 Atlas Robots a Year"},{"url":"https://ai2.work/","label":"AI2.work — Boston Dynamics Ships Full Atlas Production Run to Hyundai and DeepMind"},{"url":"https://ifactoryapp.com/","label":"iFactory — Boston Dynamics Atlas at Hyundai"},{"url":"https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/company/investor-relations","label":"Hyundai Motor Group investor materials (JPMorgan Chase investor session, May 2026)"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Scale","value":"Third-largest global automotive manufacturer; produces Hyundai, Kia, Genesis brands"},{"label":"Boston Dynamics acquisition","value":"December 2020, $880M for 80% stake; SoftBank to Hyundai; $1.1B implied valuation"},{"label":"2026 Atlas production commitment","value":"Entire 2026 production run to Hyundai RMAC + Google DeepMind; no external customers until 2027"},{"label":"Internal Atlas deployment target","value":"25,000+ humanoid robots across Hyundai and Kia plants (83% of target 30,000-unit annual production capacity by 2028)"},{"label":"Atlas production location","value":"Boston Dynamics headquarters (Boston), with planned dedicated factory targeting 30,000 units/year by 2028"},{"label":"Actuator supply chain","value":"Hyundai Mobis (automotive-grade)"},{"label":"US investment commitment","value":"$26B in US operations including robotics factory"},{"label":"Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC)","value":"Supervised training environment at Hyundai's Metaplant America facility in Savannah, Georgia, USA, where Atlas learns manufacturing tasks before factory deployment; described by Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter as a \"data factory\" generating the largest proprietary humanoid manufacturing skills dataset in the world"},{"label":"Strategic partnership","value":"Google DeepMind (Gemini Robotics foundation models for Atlas)"},{"label":"Labor friction","value":"Korean Metal Workers' Union has blocked Atlas factory deployment without formal labor agreement; summer 2026 contract negotiations identified as escalation point"},{"label":"CES 2026 announcement","value":"Production version of Atlas unveiled January 5, 2026 at Hyundai's CES media day"}],"aliases":["Hyundai","Hyundai Motor Group","HMG","Hyundai Motor Company"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.890Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.974Z"},{"id":"3ae26e85-b67b-48b3-b125-694024ca1c4e","name":"Toyota Motor Corporation","slug":"toyota","description":"Toyota Motor Corporation is the world's largest automotive manufacturer by global sales and one of the first major automotive operators to sign a commercial Robots-as-a-Service agreement for humanoid robots in North American vehicle production. In February 2026, following a year-long pilot at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) in Woodstock, Ontario, Toyota signed a commercial RaaS agreement with Agility Robotics to deploy seven Digit humanoid robots at its RAV4 assembly plant. Toyota's broader physical-AI footprint includes the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) which conducts foundational robotics research, ongoing autonomous vehicle development through the Woven by Toyota subsidiary, and integration of multiple automation systems across its global production network. TMMC is Toyota Motor Corporation's largest manufacturing operation outside of Japan, producing more than 535,000 vehicles in 2025 and employing over 8,500 people.\n\nToyota's editorial significance is its rigor of evaluation. The TMMC humanoid deployment followed a year-long structured pilot with strict performance criteria, the kind of evaluation that reflects the legendary Toyota Production System discipline applied to humanoid integration. Where some operators move from announcement to deployment quickly, Toyota's pace is slower but more methodical: the year-long pilot, the explicit \"after evaluating a number of robots\" language in the TMMC announcement, and the multi-vehicle commercial-deployment scaling reflect Toyota's commitment to humanoid integration as a Toyota Production System extension rather than as a press cycle.","status":"TYO: 7203 (Tokyo Stock Exchange), NYSE: TM","founded":1937,"hq":"Toyota City, Aichi, Japan","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.agilityrobotics.com/","label":"Agility Robotics — TMMC commercial agreement coverage"},{"url":"https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/","label":"Robotics & Automation News — Toyota Canada to deploy Digit (Feb 20, 2026)"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/","label":"The Robot Report — Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada to deploy Agility Robotics' Digit humanoids"},{"url":"https://www.automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com/","label":"Automotive Manufacturing Solutions — Toyota Canada signs humanoid robot deal with Agility"},{"url":"https://robohorizon.com/","label":"RoboHorizon — Toyota Puts Agility's Digit Humanoids on the Payroll in Canada"},{"url":"https://www.toyota.ca/","label":"TMMC press communications"},{"url":"https://global.toyota/en/ir/","label":"Toyota Motor Corporation annual reports"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Scale","value":"World's largest automotive manufacturer by global sales"},{"label":"TMMC commercial agreement","value":"February 19, 2026, RaaS with Agility Robotics for Digit deployment"},{"label":"TMMC pilot duration","value":"Year-long structured pilot before commercial agreement"},{"label":"TMMC deployment scope","value":"7 Digit robots at Woodstock, Ontario RAV4 plant for material handling"},{"label":"TMMC production capacity","value":"535,000+ vehicles in 2025; 8,500+ employees"},{"label":"TMMC role","value":"Toyota Motor Corporation's largest manufacturing operation outside of Japan"},{"label":"First commercial humanoid deployment in Canadian automotive production","value":"Yes"},{"label":"TMMC President","value":"Tim Hollander (quoted in deployment announcement)"},{"label":"Broader research footprint","value":"Toyota Research Institute (TRI), foundational robotics research"},{"label":"AV development","value":"Woven by Toyota, autonomous vehicle and software platform development"},{"label":"Future use cases","value":"Agility and TMMC will continue assessing additional applications across automotive production"}],"aliases":["Toyota","Toyota Motor Corporation","TMC","TMMC","Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.727Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.808Z"},{"id":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","name":"Amazon","slug":"amazon","description":"Amazon is the largest deployer of physical-AI robotics in the world by fleet count, with more than 1 million robots deployed across its global fulfillment network as of mid-2025, a count that continues to climb in 2026. The robot-to-human ratio across Amazon's operations is approaching 1:1, with roughly 1.5 million human employees. Amazon's physical-AI strategy is structurally vertically integrated: the company manufactures its own robotics platforms through Amazon Robotics (the subsidiary formed from the 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems), operates autonomous vehicle robotaxi service through Zoox (acquired 2020), pilots external humanoids including Agility Robotics Digit, and acquired the Covariant founding team in August 2024 to accelerate AI deployment across robotics. The company's next-generation Shreveport, Louisiana fulfillment center deploys 10× more robots than a standard facility and serves as the orchestration testbed for Amazon's full robotics platform stack.\n\nAmazon's editorial significance is structural vertical integration unmatched by any other operator in physical AI. While most operators evaluate humanoids from external vendors (GXO, BMW, Toyota), and while most robot makers depend on external customer deployments (Figure, Agility, Apptronik), Amazon owns the entire stack: manufactures its own platforms, operates its own deployments, develops its own AI through Covariant talent, and runs its own autonomous-vehicle service. This puts Amazon in a category by itself among physical-AI operators globally.","status":"NASDAQ: AMZN","founded":1994,"hq":"Seattle, Washington, USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/","label":"About Amazon — Amazon Robotics fulfillment center coverage"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/","label":"TechCrunch — next-generation fulfillment center coverage"},{"url":"https://www.automate.org/","label":"Automate.org — Amazon Robotics surpasses one million systems deployed"},{"url":"https://www.awsinsider.net/","label":"AWS Insider — The Rise of Amazon AI Robots"},{"url":"https://jacobin.com/","label":"Jacobin — A Sober Look at Amazon's Automation Drive"},{"url":"https://www.thescxchange.com/","label":"Supply Chain Exchange — Shreveport DC coverage"},{"url":"https://robotnews.therundown.ai/","label":"Robot News — Amazon's $15B robot warehouse push"},{"url":"https://metaintro.com/","label":"Metaintro — Amazon's 1 Million Robots (Fast Company investigation context)"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Fleet scale","value":"1M+ robots globally (mid-2025), continuing growth in 2026"},{"label":"Workforce ratio","value":"~1:1 robot-to-human (1.5M human employees)"},{"label":"Foundational acquisition","value":"Kiva Systems (2012, became Amazon Robotics)"},{"label":"Internal platforms","value":"Proteus (autonomous mobile, navigates with humans), Hercules + Titan (heavy AMRs), Pegasus, Sparrow (picking arm), Robin + Cardinal (sorting/loading arms), Sequoia (containerized inventory system), Vulcan (touch-sensing arm), Blue Jay (ceiling-mounted), Project Eluna (AI decision-support), DeepFleet (generative AI for fleet coordination)"},{"label":"Next-generation fulfillment center","value":"Shreveport, Louisiana, 3M sq ft, 5 floors, 10× standard robot density, Sequoia holds 30M+ items (5× original Houston deployment)"},{"label":"External humanoid pilots","value":"Agility Robotics Digit (tote handling, recycling bin transport)"},{"label":"Autonomous vehicle subsidiary","value":"Zoox (acquired 2020; testing robotaxi in Los Angeles; see /companies/zoox)"},{"label":"Covariant founders acquisition","value":"August 2024, Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan brought in for AI deployment"},{"label":"Investment program","value":"$15B+ robot warehouse push announced"},{"label":"Workforce signal","value":"Cut 100+ robotics division staff in March 2026 even as automation spending accelerates"}],"aliases":["Amazon","Amazon.com","AMZN","Amazon Robotics"],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.566Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.646Z"},{"id":"ac95caa3-7e03-4dfc-8755-8ee3b632c864","name":"BMW Group","slug":"bmw","description":"BMW Group is the global automotive manufacturer whose Spartanburg plant hosted the world's first publicly-documented production-scale humanoid robot deployment in automotive manufacturing. Headquartered in Munich and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, BMW operates a global production network across more than 30 sites in 15 countries, producing BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce vehicles. Following the completion of an 11-month Figure 02 pilot at Plant Spartanburg in November 2025, BMW formalized its physical-AI strategy through the establishment of the Center of Competence for Physical AI in Production, headquartered in Munich, and expanded humanoid deployments to Plant Leipzig in Germany with AEON robots from Hexagon Robotics. Milan Nedeljković, the executive who led BMW's humanoid program from the Spartanburg pilot through the Leipzig expansion, became BMW Group's CEO effective May 14, 2026.\n\nBMW's editorial significance is its phased multi-vendor humanoid evaluation strategy. The company has structured its physical-AI deployment as a deliberately staged path, theoretical assessment, laboratory testing, initial test deployment, full pilot, and has run completed pilots with two different humanoid vendors (Figure AI bipedal, Hexagon Robotics wheeled) across two continents (US and Germany). The leadership transition that brought the humanoid-program executive to the CEO role in May 2026 is a meaningful corporate signal: humanoid integration is now a CEO-level priority at one of the world's largest automotive manufacturers.","status":"ETR: BMW (Frankfurt Stock Exchange)","founded":1916,"hq":"Munich, Germany","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0455864EN/bmw-group-to-deploy-humanoid-robots-in-production-in-germany-for-the-first-time?language=en","label":"BMW Group press — humanoid robots in Germany (Plant Leipzig)"},{"url":"https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/news/general/2026/humanoid-robot-in-leipzig.html","label":"BMW Group — humanoid robot in Leipzig"},{"url":"https://www.figure.ai/news/production-at-bmw","label":"Figure AI — Production at BMW"},{"url":"https://www.assemblymag.com/","label":"Assembly Magazine — Spartanburg pilot completion coverage"},{"url":"https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/","label":"Repairer Driven News — Spartanburg pilot completion coverage"},{"url":"https://www.iiot-world.com/artificial-intelligence-ml/robotics/physical-ai-deployment-roi-humanoid-robots/","label":"IIoT World — Physical AI Deployment ROI: BMW's 30,000-car proof"},{"url":"https://thenextweb.com/","label":"The Next Web — BMW Group brings humanoid robots to Germany"},{"url":"https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/investor-relations.html","label":"BMW Group 2026 Annual General Meeting materials"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Scale","value":"30+ production sites in 15 countries; produces BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce brands"},{"label":"2025 production","value":"millions of vehicles annually across the group"},{"label":"First humanoid deployment","value":"January 2024 partnership announcement, August 2024 first trial, full deployment 2025, Figure 02 at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina"},{"label":"Spartanburg pilot results (Nov 2025 completion)","value":"11 months, 1,250 operating hours, 30,000+ BMW X3 supported, 90,000+ sheet-metal parts loaded, 84-second cycle time, 99+% placement accuracy"},{"label":"Second humanoid deployment","value":"December 2025 initial test, April 2026 second test, summer 2026 full pilot, AEON (Hexagon Robotics) at Plant Leipzig, Germany; high-voltage battery assembly + component manufacturing"},{"label":"Institutional framework","value":"Center of Competence for Physical AI in Production (Munich)"},{"label":"Leadership signal","value":"Milan Nedeljković, humanoid-program leader, became Group CEO May 14, 2026"},{"label":"Strategic intent","value":"Multi-vendor humanoid evaluation; scaling across global production network as technology matures"},{"label":"Long-time technology partner for Leipzig pilot","value":"Hexagon (sensor technology, software, now Hexagon Robotics)"}],"aliases":["BMW","BMW Group","Bayerische Motoren Werke"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.402Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.486Z"},{"id":"748c9dbe-9345-4a78-946a-711d77d5b95d","name":"GXO Logistics","slug":"gxo","description":"GXO Logistics is the world's largest pure-play contract logistics provider and the first commercial deployer of humanoid robots into live workplace operations. Spun off from XPO Logistics in 2021 and listed on NYSE as GXO, the company operates more than 970 facilities totaling approximately 200 million square feet across 27 countries, with more than 130,000 team members. GXO generates over 40% of its revenue from automated sites, five times the industry average of 8%, and has established an Incubation Program for evaluating cutting-edge robotics technologies in real warehouse environments. The company has piloted humanoids from at least three vendors (Agility Robotics, Reflex Robotics, Apptronik) and was the first operator in the world to sign a multi-year Robots-as-a-Service agreement for humanoid deployment.\n\nGXO's editorial significance is institutional, not just deployment-specific. The company has built the most-developed operator-side framework for humanoid evaluation in the industry: the GXO Incubation Program operates the warehouse as a real-world laboratory for co-developing humanoid use cases with vendor partners. This is the operator-side equivalent of BMW's Center of Competence for Physical AI in Production. Most operators evaluate humanoids ad hoc; GXO has structured the evaluation itself as a strategic capability.","status":"NYSE: GXO","founded":2021,"hq":"Greenwich, Connecticut, USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.gxo.com/news_article/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-with-agility-robotics/","label":"GXO — Industry-first multi-year agreement with Agility Robotics"},{"url":"https://www.gxo.com/news_article/shaping-supply-chains-with-humanoid-technology/","label":"GXO — Shaping supply chains with humanoid technology"},{"url":"https://www.gxo.com/news_article/gxo-partners-with-reflex-robotics-to-deploy-new-warehouse-automation/","label":"GXO — Partners with Reflex Robotics"},{"url":"https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/digit-deployed-at-gxo-in-historic-humanoid-raas-agreement","label":"Agility Robotics — Digit deployed at GXO in historic humanoid RaaS agreement"},{"url":"https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/digit-moves-over-100k-totes","label":"Agility Robotics — Digit moves over 100K totes"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/","label":"The Robot Report — Reflex Robotics pilot coverage"},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=GXO&type=10-K","label":"GXO Logistics 10-K filings (SEC, NYSE: GXO)"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Scale","value":"970+ facilities, ~200M sq ft, 130,000+ team members, 27 countries"},{"label":"Automation density","value":"40%+ of revenue from automated sites (industry average: 8%)"},{"label":"First commercial humanoid deployment","value":"June 5, 2024, Agility Robotics Digit at Flowery Branch, Georgia (SPANX distribution center)"},{"label":"First commercial humanoid RaaS agreement","value":"August 2024 (with Agility Robotics)"},{"label":"Second RaaS agreement","value":"September 2024 (with Reflex Robotics, Fortune 100 retailer omni-channel fulfillment)"},{"label":"Additional humanoid evaluation","value":"Apptronik Apollo tested via Incubation Program"},{"label":"Institutional framework","value":"GXO Incubation Program for humanoid co-development"},{"label":"Chief Automation Officer","value":"Adrian Stoch"},{"label":"Operational milestone","value":"100,000+ totes moved by Digit at Flowery Branch by November 2025"},{"label":"Strategic intent","value":"Mass humanoid deployment across facilities as technology matures"}],"aliases":["GXO","GXO Logistics, Inc."],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.079Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.243Z"},{"id":"ae99ffc4-b115-42ae-ab40-aec426f105f3","name":"Google DeepMind","slug":"google-deepmind","description":"AI research lab and subsidiary of Alphabet, headquartered in London with major presence in Mountain View, California. The robotics team — led by Senior Director Carolina Parada — develops the Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER (extended reasoning) foundation models, designed to bring multimodal AI into physical robots across multiple hardware platforms. Announced as a 'brain' partner for several leading humanoid and general-purpose robotics companies: Apptronik (December 2024 partnership, and Google was a lead investor in Apptronik's $403M Series A in March 2025); Boston Dynamics (January 2026 partnership announced at CES, integrating Gemini Robotics with the new electric Atlas humanoid, with all 2026 Atlas production committed to Hyundai and DeepMind, and commercial deployment at Hyundai Metaplant America in Savannah, Georgia planned for 2028); Agile Robots (March 2026 partnership integrating Gemini Robotics with their hardware); and Spot (April 2026, Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 deployed on Boston Dynamics' quadruped for inspection tasks). 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Founded and chaired by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe; Rivian is a shareholder and operating partner, with Mind Robotics using Rivian's high-volume factory floors as a live training and deployment environment. Builds AI foundation models, purpose-built industrial robots, and the fleet software needed to run them in production. Focuses explicitly on industrial automation rather than humanoid form factors, framing the moat as continuous real-world manipulation data from Rivian's plants. As of May 2026 has raised approximately $1 billion across three rounds (Nov 2025 seed ~$115M led by Eclipse; March 2026 Series A $500M co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz; May 2026 $400M led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Volkswagen and Salesforce venture arms), reaching a $3.4 billion valuation. Scaringe has stated publicly that Mind Robotics expects to have a substantial number of robots deployed by the end of 2026; specific named-site deployments have not been publicly confirmed and are not part of this verified record.","status":"active","founded":2025,"hq":"Palo Alto, California, US","fundingTotal":"1000000000","type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/rivian-spinoff-mind-robotics-raises-another-400m/","label":"Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400M","title":"Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400M","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-05-13"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/rivian-mind-robotics-series-a-500m-fund-raise-industrial-ai-powered-robots/","label":"Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots","title":"Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-03-11"},{"url":"https://www.robotics247.com/article/rivian_creates_mind_robotics_as_a_spinoff_company_to_focus_on_advancing_industrial_ai","label":"Rivian creates Mind Robotics as a spinoff company to focus on advancing industrial AI","title":"Rivian creates Mind Robotics as a spinoff company to focus on advancing industrial AI","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Robotics 24/7","publishedAt":"2025-11-18"},{"url":"https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/rivian-spinout-mind-robotics-lands-400m-push-ai-robots-onto-factory-floors/","label":"Rivian spinout Mind Robotics lands $400M to push AI robots onto factory floors","title":"Rivian spinout Mind Robotics lands $400M to push AI robots onto factory floors","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"SiliconANGLE","publishedAt":"2026-05-13"}],"keyFacts":[],"aliases":["Mind Robotics","Project Synapse"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-27T20:51:03.716Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-27T20:51:18.590Z"},{"id":"1b891c8b-16d6-4aad-ae36-d2d7d89fdc10","name":"Rivian","slug":"rivian","description":"American electric vehicle maker (NASDAQ: RIVN) founded in 2009 by RJ Scaringe, headquartered in Irvine, California. Builds the R1T pickup, R1S SUV, and EDV commercial van. Ships Universal Hands-Free assisted driving on second-generation R1 vehicles across roughly 3.5 million miles of North American roadways, with an Autonomy+ subscription launching early 2026 at $2,500 one-time or $49.99 per month. Developing the in-house Rivian Autonomy Processor (RAP1), a custom 5nm multi-chip module, and the Gen 3 Autonomy Computer (ACM3) to support its Large Driving Model (LDM) and L4 autonomy roadmap. In March 2026 announced a partnership with Uber under which Uber will invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, contingent on autonomy milestones, with an initial $300 million committed. Uber or its fleet partners are expected to purchase 10,000 fully autonomous Rivian R2 robotaxis with an option for up to 40,000 more starting in 2030. 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Zoox develops a purpose-built, bidirectional robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, plus a retrofitted Toyota Highlander test fleet. As of late 2025/early 2026, Zoox operates FREE public demonstration robotaxi rides (not yet paid commercial service) in parts of San Francisco (SoMa) and Las Vegas (the Strip), having opened to early riders/public after starting with employees and vetted guests in 2024. Zoox requires further federal approval before charging for rides and has stated it plans to begin paid commercial service in 2026. It also tests (with human safety operators) in Austin, Miami, Seattle, and Los Angeles using retrofitted Highlanders. Zoox has faced significant regulatory scrutiny: three software recalls in 2025 (258 vehicles in March for unexpected hard braking, ~270 in May after an April Las Vegas collision, and 332 in December for unnecessary lane-crossings near intersections), plus NHTSA probes. 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Its China robotaxi fleet reached ~1,000 vehicles by April 2026, with 800+ in commercial/testing operation and a fleet of 250+ outside China and the US — the largest commercial robotaxi fleet outside China and the US (in Abu Dhabi). WeRide pursues an asset-light model where Uber, Grab, or local partners operate the fleets while WeRide provides the autonomous-driving technology and vehicles. Beyond robotaxis it operates robobuses (France, Belgium) and autonomous sanitation vehicles. In October 2025 it secured the world's first city-level fully-driverless robotaxi commercial permit outside the US (Abu Dhabi). Its mass-produced Robotaxi GXR (built on Geely Farizon's SuperVAN platform, launched October 2024) is its primary commercial vehicle. WeRide and Uber have committed to deploying at least 1,200 robotaxis across the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh) by ~2027, and WeRide/Geely Farizon aim to deliver 2,000 GXRs — forward commitments, not current deployments.","status":null,"founded":2017,"hq":"Guangzhou, China","fundingTotal":null,"type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867729/000110465926033075/tm269345d1_ex99-2.htm","label":"WeRide 6-K — 800+ China fleet, 250+ outside China/US, Abu Dhabi first city-level driverless permit outside US, 9 countries","title":"WeRide 6-K — 800+ China fleet, 250+ outside China/US, Abu Dhabi first city-level driverless permit outside US, 9 countries","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"WeRide (SEC 6-K)","publishedAt":"2026-01-01"},{"url":"https://ir.weride.ai/news-releases/news-release-details/weride-and-uber-deploy-1200-robotaxis-middle-east","label":"WeRide+Uber 1,200 robotaxis across Middle East by 2027; asset-light model","title":"WeRide+Uber 1,200 robotaxis across Middle East by 2027; asset-light model","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"WeRide","publishedAt":"2026-02-06"},{"url":"https://ir.weride.ai/news-releases/news-release-details/weride-and-geely-farizon-deliver-2000-purpose-built-robotaxi","label":"GXR on Geely Farizon SuperVAN platform; driverless commercial in Guangzhou/Beijing/Abu Dhabi; Dubai/Riyadh/Singapore","title":"GXR on Geely Farizon SuperVAN platform; driverless commercial in Guangzhou/Beijing/Abu Dhabi; Dubai/Riyadh/Singapore","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"WeRide","publishedAt":"2026-03-08"},{"url":"https://carboncredits.com/pony-ai-and-weride-file-hong-kong-ipos-as-chinas-robotaxi-market-takes-off/","label":"WeRide HK IPO ~88M shares; Q2 2025 revenue ¥127M (+60% YoY), net loss ¥406M; founded 2017","title":"WeRide HK IPO ~88M shares; Q2 2025 revenue ¥127M (+60% YoY), net loss ¥406M; founded 2017","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Carbon Credits","publishedAt":"2025-10-30"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Listing","value":"NASDAQ: WRD; HKEX: 0800 (HK IPO ~88M shares)"},{"label":"Q2 2025 revenue","value":"~¥127M (~$18M), +60% YoY; net loss ~¥406M (~$57M)"},{"label":"Fleet","value":"~1,000 China + 250+ outside China/US"},{"label":"Footprint","value":"9 countries (most international robotaxi operator)"},{"label":"Landmark","value":"Abu Dhabi — first city-level fully-driverless commercial permit outside US (Oct 2025)"},{"label":"Model","value":"Asset-light — Uber/Grab/partners operate fleets"}],"aliases":["WeRide.ai","WeRide Inc"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T17:22:18.960Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:11:42.830Z"},{"id":"fdcac873-0717-44c1-af7b-90b2648fb567","name":"Baidu","slug":"baidu","description":"Chinese AI and internet company (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) that operates Apollo Go, the largest autonomous ride-hailing (robotaxi) operation in the Eastern hemisphere by scale and ride volume. As of late 2025/early 2026, Apollo Go had surpassed 17 million cumulative rider orders and expanded to ~22 cities worldwide — including Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Hong Kong domestically, plus international operations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Baidu designs its own electric robotaxi vehicles (the sixth-generation Apollo RT6, built on its Apollo Galaxy / Xinghe self-driving platform, at ~204,600 RMB / ~$28,600 per vehicle — roughly half the prior generation's cost). Wuhan is its largest and flagship deployment (1,000+ vehicles), where Apollo Go reached per-vehicle profitability. Baidu received China's first fully-driverless commercial robotaxi permits (Chongqing and Wuhan, August 2022). The company reports its driverless fleet averages ~10.14 million km between airbag deployments. Apollo Go has announced forward plans to scale to tens of thousands of vehicles across Chinese mega-cities and to expand into Europe (including a vehicle-supply agreement with Lyft, Aug 2025) — forward targets, not current deployments.","status":null,"founded":2000,"hq":"Beijing, China","fundingTotal":null,"type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/global-robotaxi-race-heats-up-between-us-and-chinese-rivals.html","label":"Apollo Go 1,000+ vehicles in Wuhan (largest China deployment), per-vehicle profitability","title":"Apollo Go 1,000+ vehicles in Wuhan (largest China deployment), per-vehicle profitability","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"CNBC","publishedAt":"2025-11-20"},{"url":"https://carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/baidus-apollo-go-robotaxi-leads-global-autonomous-driving-with-17m-orders-targets-profit-this-year/","label":"Apollo Go 17M+ orders, 22 cities incl Beijing/Shanghai/Wuhan/Shenzhen/Hong Kong + Dubai/Abu Dhabi; RT6 cost; 10.14M km/airbag","title":"Apollo Go 17M+ orders, 22 cities incl Beijing/Shanghai/Wuhan/Shenzhen/Hong Kong + Dubai/Abu Dhabi; RT6 cost; 10.14M km/airbag","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"CarNewsChina","publishedAt":"2025-11-13"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu_robotaxi","label":"Baidu robotaxi — permits, RT6, Apollo Galaxy platform, Lyft agreement, city history","title":"Baidu robotaxi — permits, RT6, Apollo Galaxy platform, Lyft agreement, city history","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Wikipedia","publishedAt":"2026-01-05"},{"url":"https://www.webpronews.com/the-great-robotaxi-decoupling-pony-ais-bold-nasdaq-gambit-amidst-geopolitical-crosswinds/","label":"Apollo Go largest fleet in China, nearing unit-economic breakeven in geofenced areas (per SCMP); Baidu parent","title":"Apollo Go largest fleet in China, nearing unit-economic breakeven in geofenced areas (per SCMP); Baidu parent","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"WebProNews","publishedAt":"2025-11-26"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Structure","value":"Apollo Go is a division of Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) — not separately funded"},{"label":"Service","value":"Apollo Go — largest Eastern-hemisphere robotaxi op by ride volume"},{"label":"Cumulative orders","value":"17M+ rider orders"},{"label":"Footprint","value":"~22 cities (Wuhan flagship 1,000+ vehicles)"},{"label":"Flagship","value":"Wuhan — fully-driverless, nearing/at per-vehicle breakeven (per SCMP)"},{"label":"Vehicle","value":"Apollo RT6 (~$28,600/unit, self-built EV)"}],"aliases":["Baidu Inc","Apollo Go","百度"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T17:16:19.170Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:11:42.990Z"},{"id":"f7747f62-65be-4648-8cbc-c37edc46e5cb","name":"IntBot","slug":"intbot","description":"San Jose-based robotics startup building socially intelligent humanoid robots designed to operate autonomously in real-world, public human environments — interpreting human intent, understanding social context, and responding naturally in dynamic settings such as airports, hotels, conferences, and campuses. IntBot positions its work as the 'social intelligence layer' / 'General Social Intelligence' for embodied / physical AI, built on its IntEngine multimodal system. CEO: Lei Yang. Its first publicly documented operating deployment is the 'José' humanoid concierge pilot at San José Mineta International Airport (launched March-April 2026). IntBot has also announced a strategic partnership (May 2026) with Singapore-based intelligent-operations company Certis Group to explore and develop socially intelligent humanoid concierge and service-assistance applications for enterprise and public environments in Singapore — an exploratory partnership, not yet an operating deployment.","status":null,"founded":null,"hq":"San Jose, California, USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.flysanjose.com/news-release/intbot","label":"SJC airport launches IntBot AI humanoid robot 'José' — official airport release","title":"SJC airport launches IntBot AI humanoid robot 'José' — official airport release","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"San José Mineta International Airport","publishedAt":"2026-03-24"},{"url":"https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2026/03/san-jose-mineta-international-airport-launches-ai-powered-intbot-humanoid-robot/","label":"SJC pilots IntBot humanoid 'José'; CEO Lei Yang quote; IntEngine, 50+ languages","title":"SJC pilots IntBot humanoid 'José'; CEO Lei Yang quote; IntEngine, 50+ languages","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Future Travel Experience","publishedAt":"2026-03-31"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intbot-and-certis-group-partner-to-scale-enterprise-physical-ai-across-singapore-302781553.html","label":"IntBot + Certis Group partnership to explore socially intelligent robots in Singapore (exploratory)","title":"IntBot + Certis Group partnership to explore socially intelligent robots in Singapore (exploratory)","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"PR Newswire","publishedAt":"2026-05-26"}],"keyFacts":[],"aliases":["IntBot Inc"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-26T13:30:48.220Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T13:30:58.166Z"},{"id":"0541cb25-41d5-4496-bddd-097ed6726ddb","name":"Pony AI","slug":"pony-ai","description":"Autonomous-driving company founded in 2016, publicly listed (NASDAQ: PONY; HKEX: 2026), and a global leader in commercializing robotaxi technology. Operates commercial, fully-driverless, paid robotaxi service across China's four tier-one cities — Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen — launching fully-driverless commercial Gen-7 operations in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Beijing on November 6, 2025. Its proprietary stack is built around the PonyWorld world model and Virtual Driver technology, with Gen-7 vehicles produced in partnership with BAIC and GAC. Total robotaxi fleet surpassed ~1,400 units in early 2026. The company has stated a goal of scaling beyond 3,000-3,500 vehicles and reaching 20+ cities globally by year-end 2026 (a forward target, not current deployment), and is expanding internationally — including a first commercial fare-charging service in Doha, Qatar (via Mowasalat Karwa), operations beginning in Singapore (March 2026), and progress toward driverless approval in Dubai. 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The vehicles are 2026 Model Y cars running Tesla's Full Self-Driving / Autonomous Driving System. At its Q4 2025 earnings call (January 2026), Tesla announced plans to expand to seven additional US cities (Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Las Vegas) in H1 2026 — forward plans pending regulatory approval, not current deployments. The Austin operation carries a federally-mandated crash-reporting record (17 NHTSA-reported incidents July 2025–March 2026, including two teleoperator-caused crashes; zero major crashes and no citations per Austin PD), and NHTSA has separately inquired into videos of erratic driving.\n\nOptimus: Tesla's humanoid robot, with Gen 3 mass production commencing at the Fremont factory on January 21, 2026. Notably, at the January 2026 earnings call Musk admitted that as of then zero Optimus robots were doing 'useful work' in Tesla's factories — units at Fremont and Giga Texas are in a supervised learning and data-collection phase, not yet performing productive autonomous manufacturing work. Tesla committed $20B+ in 2026 capex toward Optimus, plans to convert its Fremont Model S/X lines to Optimus manufacturing (toward a stated 1-million-unit/year capacity by end-2026), and is constructing a dedicated Giga Texas facility — all production-capacity ambitions, with first productive internal deployment projected for late 2026 to 2027.\n\nCybercab: a purpose-built, steering-wheel-free dedicated robotaxi vehicle, with production expected to begin around April 2026 — not yet the deployed service vehicle as of early 2026.\n\nTesla's physical-AI program operates under intense regulatory and public scrutiny, and is notable for the gap between its publicly stated targets and demonstrated results.","status":"public","founded":2003,"hq":"Austin, Texas, USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.tesla.com/we-robot","label":"Tesla — Optimus","title":"Tesla — Optimus","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Tesla","publishedAt":"2026-01-01"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot)","label":"Optimus (robot) — Wikipedia","title":"Optimus (robot) — Wikipedia","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Wikipedia","publishedAt":"2026-01-01"},{"id":"1d8de986-2997-4108-846b-fa0e891bbaca","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-halts-freeway-rides-after-robotaxis-struggle-in-construction-zones/","label":"Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones","title":"Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Transportation & Auto News | TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-05-21T22:15:00.000Z"},{"url":"https://robotaxi-safety-tracker.com/expansion.html","label":"Tesla robotaxi — Austin (unsupervised) + Bay Area (supervised), ~240 vehicles, 7 announced cities, Cybercab","title":"Tesla robotaxi — Austin (unsupervised) + Bay Area (supervised), ~240 vehicles, 7 announced cities, Cybercab","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Robotaxi Safety Tracker","publishedAt":"2026-02-04"},{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-robotaxi-austin-14-crashes-nhtsa/","label":"Tesla robotaxi Austin launch, expansion plans, NHTSA erratic-driving inquiry","title":"Tesla robotaxi Austin launch, expansion plans, NHTSA erratic-driving inquiry","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"CBS News","publishedAt":"2026-02-17"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/tesla-reveals-two-robotaxi-crashes-involving-teleoperators/","label":"Tesla's two teleoperator-caused robotaxi crashes; 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Its industrial humanoid Figure 02 ran the flagship pilot at BMW's Spartanburg plant; the next-generation Figure 03 (with notably dexterous hands — 16 DoF per hand) is its current platform, increasingly oriented toward both industrial RaaS and eventual home use. Figure develops its own Helix vision-language-action AI and operates BotQ, a manufacturing facility tooled to produce up to ~12,000 Figure robots per year.\n\nFinancials: Figure raised over $1 billion in a Series C (September 2025) at a $39 billion valuation — a roughly 15x jump from its $2.6 billion valuation in February 2024 — bringing total funding raised to roughly $1.7 billion. Investors include NVIDIA and Qualcomm Ventures.\n\nReality check: Figure's elevated valuation is partly home-market optionality; CEO Brett Adcock has acknowledged home autonomy is not yet ready for unsupervised operation, so near-term revenue is industrial robots-as-a-service. 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Originally the Google Self-Driving Car Project (2009), spun out as Waymo in 2016, it operates the Waymo One ride-hailing service across roughly 11 U.S. metropolitan markets using its sixth-generation Waymo Driver (on Jaguar I-PACE vehicles).\n\nScale: Waymo provides approximately 500,000 paid rides per week (up from ~250,000 a year earlier) and is targeting 1 million weekly rides by the end of 2026. It completed about 15 million rides in 2025 (tripling year-over-year) and has surpassed 20 million lifetime rides, across 127+ million miles of fully autonomous driving.\n\nFinancials: In February 2026 Waymo closed a $16 billion Series D round at a $126 billion post-money valuation — the largest autonomous-vehicle funding round on record, more than double its $45B October-2024 valuation — bringing total funding raised to roughly $27 billion. Alphabet funds the majority; the round drew Sequoia, Dragoneer, DST Global, a16z, Mubadala, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, T. Rowe Price and others. Annual recurring revenue reportedly exceeded $350 million in 2025 (~$15-20 average fare).\n\nSafety positioning (Waymo's own claims): Waymo states its driver is 'statistically superior to human driving,' citing a 90% reduction in serious-injury crashes across 127 million autonomous miles. These are company-stated figures.\n\nAccountability / scrutiny: Despite that positioning, rapid expansion has produced regulatory actions — a voluntary software recall after vehicles illegally passed stopped school buses in Texas (NHTSA investigation opened), a ~3,800-vehicle voluntary recall tied to San Antonio floodwater incidents, an NTSB investigation into the Texas school-bus violations, and an NHTSA investigation into a January 2026 incident in which a Waymo struck a child near a Santa Monica school (minor injuries). Waymo temporarily suspended freeway rides in May 2026 after vehicles struggled in construction zones.\n\nExpansion: Waymo plans 20+ additional cities in 2026 (Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, San Antonio, San Diego, Washington DC and more) plus its first international markets, London and Tokyo — forward plans, distinct from current operating markets.","status":"Alphabet subsidiary","founded":2009,"hq":"Mountain View, California, USA","fundingTotal":"27000000000","type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://waymo.com","label":"Waymo — Company website"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waymo","label":"Wikipedia — Waymo (history, operations, ownership)"},{"id":"62df3f1f-807b-451f-a3cd-c64314901f99","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-halts-freeway-rides-after-robotaxis-struggle-in-construction-zones/","label":"Waymo halts freeway rides May 2026 after construction-zone struggles","title":"Waymo halts freeway rides May 2026 after construction-zone struggles","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"TechCrunch","publishedAt":"2026-05-21"},{"url":"https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/waymo-raises-usd16-billion-investment-round/","label":"Waymo $16B round, $126B valuation, 127M miles/90% serious-injury reduction, 15M 2025 rides, 20M lifetime","title":"Waymo $16B round, $126B valuation, 127M miles/90% serious-injury reduction, 15M 2025 rides, 20M lifetime","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Waymo","publishedAt":"2026-02-02"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/02/waymo-announced-16-billion-fundraising-round.html","label":"Waymo $16B at $126B post-money, 2x Oct-2024 $45B; markets + 2026 expansion plans","title":"Waymo $16B at $126B post-money, 2x Oct-2024 $45B; markets + 2026 expansion plans","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"CNBC","publishedAt":"2026-02-02"},{"url":"https://sacra.com/c/waymo/","label":"Waymo financials — Series D detail, ~$27B total raised, weekly-ride growth, revenue/fare","title":"Waymo financials — Series D detail, ~$27B total raised, weekly-ride growth, revenue/fare","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Sacra","publishedAt":"2026-05-01"},{"url":"https://www.thestreet.com/automotive/waymo-recalls-thousands-of-robotaxis-for-a-surprising-reason","label":"500k weekly rides, $126B valuation, San Antonio flood recall, NHTSA/NTSB investigations","title":"500k weekly rides, $126B valuation, San Antonio flood recall, NHTSA/NTSB investigations","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"TheStreet","publishedAt":"2026-05-12"},{"url":"https://electrek.co/2026/05/26/tesla-robotaxi-fleet-shrinking-not-growing/","label":"Reported in Tesla-fleet context: Waymo ~3,000 robotaxis, Mesa AZ Magna facility for 2,000+ more, Atlanta/Miami/DC launches","title":"Reported in Tesla-fleet context: Waymo ~3,000 robotaxis, Mesa AZ Magna facility for 2,000+ more, Atlanta/Miami/DC launches","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Electrek","publishedAt":"2026-05-26"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Valuation","value":"$126B post-money (Feb 2026 Series D)"},{"label":"Funding raised","value":"~$27B lifetime ($16B Series D, Feb 2026 — largest AV round ever)"},{"label":"Weekly rides","value":"~500,000 paid/week (targeting 1M by end-2026)"},{"label":"Ride volume","value":"15M in 2025; 20M+ lifetime"},{"label":"Autonomous miles","value":"127M+ fully autonomous"},{"label":"Safety claim (Waymo)","value":"90% fewer serious-injury crashes vs. humans (company-stated)"},{"label":"Operating markets","value":"~11 US metros (Waymo One)"},{"label":"Vehicle","value":"Jaguar I-PACE, 6th-gen Waymo Driver"},{"label":"Recent recalls","value":"School-bus passing; ~3,800-vehicle San Antonio flood recall"},{"label":"Active investigations","value":"NHTSA (Santa Monica child injury); NTSB (TX school-bus)"}],"aliases":["Waymo LLC","Waymo One","Google Self-Driving Car Project"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T03:56:10.060Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:47:35.298Z"},{"id":"4143e494-260e-49c8-8d04-3e85d9c7218a","name":"Avride","slug":"avride","description":"Autonomous-driving company (a subsidiary of Nebius; spun out of the former Yandex self-driving group) operating BOTH sidewalk delivery robots and robotaxis, primarily through a partnership with Uber announced in October 2024. 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