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)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-25/apptronik-s-humanoid-robots-walk-but-ceo-jeff-cardenas-isn-t-bragging-yet?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MjQwMDMzOCwiZXhwIjoxNzgzMDA1MTM4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSDZTMEhLR0lGUjMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCODE3M0JCRUY0QzI0MTlFQTBGNEJCRjJDOTFDODJCNCJ9.zlHngzbIQi43xBePRBuDh8m4CMHVLxn-k3-gIu29FFU"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260628/i15.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260628/p15#a260628p15" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Joshua Brustein / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-25/apptronik-s-humanoid-robots-walk-but-ceo-jeff-cardenas-isn-t-bragging-yet?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MjQwMDMzOCwiZXhwIjoxNzgzMDA1MTM4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSDZTMEhLR0lGUjMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCODE3M0JCRUY0QzI0MTlFQTBGNEJCRjJDOTFDODJCNCJ9.zlHngzbIQi43xBePRBuDh8m4CMHVLxn-k3-gIu29FFU">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</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Jeff Cardenas says bringing humanoid machines into the mainstream will be a gradual process.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; If you think of an office &hellip; </p>