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)

<a href="https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/04/21/android-andy-rubin-genki-robotics-1-billion"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260426/i5.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="http://www.techmeme.com/260426/p5#a260426p5" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Lucinda Shen / <a href="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/04/21/android-andy-rubin-genki-robotics-1-billion">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</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Genki Robotics, a humanoid robotics company co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, is valued at about $1 billion following its recent Series A, Axios Pro has learned.</p>