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Latest Humanoid AI news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $152M raised. 1 article tracked by The Robotics Media.
About Humanoid AI
Humanoid AI, operating as SKL Robotics LTD, is a UK-based industrial humanoid robotics company founded in London in 2024 by Artem Sokolov. The company builds general-purpose humanoid robots for manufacturing, logistics and retail, powered by its proprietary four-layer AI framework KinetIQ.
In July 2026 Humanoid closed a $152 million Series A at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation — the largest Series A for a humanoid-first robotics company in Europe — and secured a manufacturing partnership with Bosch and commercial partnerships with SAP, NVIDIA, Siemens and Schaeffler.
Key facts
Products by Humanoid AI
- HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled (Robot, 2026) — HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled is Humanoid's wheel-based industrial humanoid robot, entering mass manufacturing after the company's $152M Series A. Powered by the KinetI...
- HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal (Robot, 2026) — HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal is Humanoid's bipedal humanoid robot for general-purpose industrial work. It shares the KinetIQ AI stack with the wheeled variant, targeti...
- KinetIQ (Robot, 2025) — KinetIQ is Humanoid's proprietary four-layer AI framework designed to let robots understand, reason and execute complex physical tasks in real industrial enviro...
Funding rounds
- Series A — $152M — 2026 — led by Prime Movers Lab
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