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Sources: SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a 6B valuation; 1X sought 1B at a $10B valuation in 2025, but raised <50% (The Information)
The Information: Sources: SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a 6B valuation; 1X sought 1B at a $10B valuation in 2025, but raised <50% — SoftBank is in talks to
The Information: Sources: SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a 6B valuation; 1X sought 1B at a $10B valuation in 2025, but raised <50% — SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in 1X Technologies, an OpenAI-backed humanoid robot developer …
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- Humanoid robot maker Apptronik raised ~1B at a ~5B valuation, including from Mercedes-Benz, which has a handful of Apptronik's Apollo robots in its factories (Joshua Brustein/Bloomberg)
- Sources: Tokyo-based humanoid robotics startup Genki Robotics, co-founded by Andy Rubin, raised a Series A at a ~1B valuation; it raised a ~50M seed in 2025 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
- Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera raised over 200M led by SF Group, after raising ~146M in March at a ~$1.47B valuation (Du Zhihang/Caixin Global)
Source: Techmeme | 2026-08-26