Q&A with Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson on why the startup is going public via SPAC, the physical layer as its proprietary advantage, safety, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

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Agility Robotics is going public via SPAC, giving humanoid robotics another public-market test as industrial automation demand rises.

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<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/this-humanoid-robotics-company-is-going-public-but-its-ceo-isnt-promising-a-robot-in-your-home-anytime-soon/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260706/i11.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260706/p11#a260706p11" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Connie Loizos / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/this-humanoid-robotics-company-is-going-public-but-its-ceo-isnt-promising-a-robot-in-your-home-anytime-soon/">Q&amp;A with Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson on why the startup is going public via SPAC, the physical layer as its proprietary advantage, safety, and more</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The humanoid robotics market is awash in money right now.&nbsp; Last week, AI2 Robotics, a Shenzhen-based startup that makes wheeled humanoid robots &hellip; </p>