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Jun 2026Proposed Churchill Capital Corp. XI SPAC merger was pending SEC review, shareholder approval, and customary closing conditions as of the research date; execution and financing are therefore transaction risks.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Overview
Agility Robotics (rebranded publicly as Agility) is a Salem, Oregon-based robotics company spun out of Oregon State University’s Dynamic Robotics Lab in 2015. It develops Digit, a full-size bipedal humanoid designed to work in human-built warehouses and factories, and Agility Arc, the cloud platform used to deploy and manage fleets. The company’s business is moving from pilots toward commercial deployments and production scale, with direct-sales and RaaS models. Public evidence indicates a late-stage private company preparing for a proposed 2026 SPAC transaction; funding totals vary by database methodology, so the reported approximately $641 million should be treated as an estimate rather than an audited figure.
Primary product
Digit, a full-size bipedal industrial humanoid robot for repetitive material-handling and factory/warehouse tasks, supported by Agility Arc, a cloud platform for deploying and managing robot fleets.
Founded
2015
Headquarters
Salem, Oregon, United States
Team size
300–400 (third-party LinkedIn-derived estimate; official company count unavailable)
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Robotics engineering, artificial intelligence, and industrial automation
Sub-industry
Industrial humanoid robotics and warehouse/manufacturing automation
Offices
Salem, Oregon (headquarters and RoboFab manufacturing)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fremont, California (60,000-square-foot physical-AI facility)
Palo Alto, California (historical/engineering presence)
Tangent, Oregon (listed in third-party company data)
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder & Chief Robot Officer
Co-founder & Chairman
Pras Velagapudi
Chief Technology Officer
Work & culture
Engineering- and deployment-oriented culture emphasizing difficult robotics problems, safety, customer validation, measurable real-world operation, and shipping rather than demonstrations. Public career material also signals teamwork, adaptability, and flexible work arrangements.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job-posting signals indicate competitive total rewards, equity, discretionary bonus eligibility, and role-dependent compensation; one public compensation source reports H-1B wage medians around $125,000, but no company-wide pay bands were established.
Benefits
401(k) with 6% company match
Company stock options
100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short- and long-term disability coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible/unlimited PTO for exempt employees; paid sick leave and vacation for non-exempt employees
Paid parental leave
Professional development and tuition reimbursement
Relocation assistance for eligible roles
Catered lunches and snacks at Salem and Pittsburgh offices
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly listed. Digit is offered through direct purchase or RaaS; public reporting cites a Digit V4 bill of materials of approximately $125,000, not a customer price.
Differentiators
- —Commercially deployed industrial humanoid rather than research-only demonstrations
- —Human-centric form factor designed for existing warehouses and factories
- —More than 65,000 reported operating hours across customer facilities and more than 100,000 totes moved at GXO
- —Digit and Arc provide an integrated robot-plus-cloud offering
- —RaaS reduces upfront adoption cost and supports recurring revenue
- —Deep bipedal locomotion and dynamic-balance expertise from Oregon State University research
- U.S.-based manufacturing through RoboFab, designed for high-volume production
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$10M–$20M (third-party estimate; 2026 SPAC-related reporting says detailed revenue was not publicly disclosed and the company remained unprofitable)
Signals & risks
Other
Jun 2026SPAC-related preliminary disclosures indicated the company remained unprofitable, had approximately $111 million of operating expenses in 2025, and burned roughly $100 million in cash; figures were described as preliminary and unaudited.
SourceLatest news
TechCrunch · Jul 2026
Agility opened a 60,000-square-foot Fremont facility for physical-AI training, testing, and development, complementing its Salem manufacturing headquarters; the company cited customers including Amazon, GXO, Schaeffler, and Toyota.
The Robot Report · Jun 2026
Agility announced a definitive merger with Churchill Capital Corp. XI, targeting a 2026 public listing; the transaction was described as providing more than $620 million gross proceeds at a roughly $2.5 billion pre-money valuation.
The Robot Report · Feb 2026
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada signed a commercial deployment agreement after a year-long pilot involving three Digits; seven additional robots were planned for tote handling.
Agility · Oct 2025
Agility described a redesigned navigation stack for Digit based on globally optimal footstep planning and model-predictive control, improving tight-space navigation, payload handling, and workflow adaptability at GXO.
Open Positions
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