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Agility Robotics to Go Public in $2.5B SPAC Deal
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Agility Robotics plans to go public through a $2.5 billion SPAC deal with Churchill Capital Corp XI, generating over $620 million in proceeds.
Agility Robotics' Ambitious IPO Plans
Agility Robotics, a humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp XI in a deal that values the company at roughly $2.5 billion.The SPAC Deal Details
The transaction is expected to generate more than $620 million in proceeds, including about $200 million from a group of new and existing institutional investors. Agility is best known for Digit, a bipedal robot that is being used across nine customer sites, including with Schaeffler, GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and Mercado Libre.Funding and Future Plans
- The company has enjoyed backing from high-profile tech companies and funds like Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, DCVC.
- Now it plans to use the capital raised in the SPAC merger to increase production capacity of its next-generation Digit v5, fulfill existing orders, and expand to new and existing customers.
- The company said it has secured more than $300 million in multi-year orders for the new model and a pipeline of more than 30 potential customers evaluating large-scale deployments.