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Apollo — the humanoid robot built for work
HQ: Austin, TX, United States | Founded: 2016 | Employees: ~500 (est.) | Stage: Growth Stage ($5B valuation, Feb 2026) | Website: https://apptronik.com
Apptronik was founded in 2016 as a spinout from the University of Texas at Austin's Human-Centered Robotics Lab by Jeff Cardenas (CEO), Nick Walker, Josh Becker, and Professor Luis Sentis. Before Apollo, the team built advanced prosthetics and exoskeletons — including ARIA and DRACO for the US military — spending years solving the hardest problem in humanoids: actuators. That decade of actuator R&D is Apollo's technical foundation.
Apollo, unveiled in 2023, is a ~5'8", 160-pound general-purpose humanoid designed from the start for commercial logistics: modular, hot-swappable batteries for near-continuous operation, actuation built for force density, and a form factor sized for human environments. Apptronik's strategy is deliberate: start in warehouses and manufacturing (structured environ
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