The London startup has now raised $270 million, secured 34,000 robot pre-orders worth $2.4 billion, and says it has completed nine industrial deployments with Fortune 500 companies.
Europe’s race to build commercially viable humanoid robots just reached a new milestone. London-based startup Humanoid has raised $152 million in Series A funding at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation, becoming Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn just two years after launching.
The funding brings Humanoid’s total capital raised to $270 million and marks what the company says is the largest Series A financing ever secured by a Europe-based humanoid robotics startup. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, with participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital, and Aglaé Ventures, the investment firm backed by LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault.
The announcement comes as investors pour billions into companies building humanoid robots, betting that advances in AI will move these machines from research labs into factories, warehouses, and other industrial settings. Until recently, much of that investment has flowed to startups in the United States and China. Humanoid wants Europe to claim a place in that race.
The company says it has already completed nine industrial deployments with Fortune 500 companies and built a commercial pipeline that includes 34,000 robot pre-orders valued at roughly $2.4 billion. Among its partners are SAP, NVIDIA, Bosch, Siemens, and Schaeffler.
One of its biggest commercial wins came through an agreement with Schaeffler to deploy thousands of humanoid robots across manufacturing facilities. Bosch has separately partnered with the company to manufacture its robots and provide engineering support across hardware design, production, and supply chain operations.
Humanoid plans to use the new funding to build its next-generation robotics platform, scale commercial deployments, grow its AI software stack, and prepare for mass production of its wheel-based humanoid robots. The company expects to begin rolling out beta systems to customers during the fourth quarter of 2026.
AI robotics startup Humanoid raises Europe’s largest humanoid Series A at $1.35B valuation
Unlike humanoid robots built primarily for research or consumer use, Humanoid is focused on industrial work. Its robots combine proprietary hardware with an in-house AI system called KinetIQ, which is intended to help machines interpret their surroundings, reason through tasks, and perform physical work alongside human employees.
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The company believes industries facing persistent labor shortages, including manufacturing and logistics, will be among the earliest adopters of humanoid robots capable of handling repetitive and physically demanding jobs.
“In just two years, we’ve gone from an idea to becoming Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn, partnered with some of the world’s leading industrial companies and built one of the strongest pipelines in the industry. What we’ve accomplished in such a short time would typically take a decade. None of this would have been possible without an extraordinary team that challenges every single day what people believe is possible. This funding gives us the resources to move even faster and to turn humanoid robots from breakthrough technology into everyday industrial tools,” said Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO of Humanoid.
Prime Movers Lab sees Humanoid as one of a small group of companies likely to shape the future of the sector.
“Humanoid robotics will be one of the defining technologies of the next decade, reshaping how commercial and industrial work gets done. We expect the field to consolidate around a handful of category leaders across the US, Europe, and China. Humanoid AI will be one of a small cadre of robotics companies that will define humanoid robotics in Europe and beyond,” said Zia Huque, General Partner at Prime Movers Lab.
Strategic investors echoed that view.
Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO of Schaeffler AG, said, “Humanoid robotics is rapidly moving from a visionary concept to an industrial reality, and Schaeffler, as a leading motion technology company, is uniquely positioned to help shape this evolution. By combining our decades of industrial expertise and manufacturing excellence with Humanoid’s breakthrough physical AI platform, we are actively backing one of the most exciting frontiers in technology. We are proud to support Humanoid as both a strategic investor and a commercial partner as they scale a technology that holds the power to fundamentally redefine productivity across global industries.”
Mathias Pillin, Chief Technology Officer of Robert Bosch GmbH, added: “We see significant growth opportunities in the field of humanoid robotics. Through our subsidiary Robert Bosch Robotics GmbH, we have already entered into a manufacturing partnership with Humanoid. Bosch will act as Humanoid’s contract manufacturing partner, while also providing strategic consulting and technical expertise in hardware design, production, and supply chain.”
The funding reflects growing confidence that humanoid robots are moving closer to commercial deployment after years of development. Investors have backed companies across the sector with the expectation that AI will help these machines perform useful work in real industrial environments instead of controlled demonstrations.
Humanoid robots still face significant engineering and manufacturing challenges before large-scale deployment becomes commonplace. Even so, its latest financing and commercial partnerships suggest industrial customers are becoming more willing to test humanoid robots as a way to address labor shortages and increase productivity. If those early deployments prove successful, Europe may finally have a homegrown contender in one of AI’s most closely watched markets.
